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Pilot errors cited in plane crash that killed 50 near Buffalo

The head of the National Transportation Safety Board says the pilots made mistakes that showed their "complacency and confusion." She plans to hold a forum to address problems related to the crash. By Clement Tan Reporting from Washington - The ...

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Debbie Hersman presides over a hearing in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, to discuss the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Continental Connection flight 3407 near B

Full View  National Transportation Safety Board Chair Debbie Hersman presides over a hearing in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, to discuss the Feb. 12, 2009 crash of Continental Connection flight 3407 near Buffalo-Niagara International Airport . In the final seconds of the flight, two pieces of safety equipment activated — a stick shaker to alert the crew their plane was nearing a stall and a stick pusher that points a plane’s nose down so it can recover speed, investigators said. The correct response to both situations would have been to push forward on the control column to increase speed, they said. But Capt. Renslow pulled back on the stick shaker, investigators said. When the plane stalled and the pusher activated, Capt. Renslow again pulled back three times....

Pilot errors cited in plane crash that killed 50 near Buffalo

  Pilot errors cited in plane crash that killed 50 near Buffalo

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