NTSB INVESTIGATING AIRLINER CRASH NEAR BUFFALO, NEW YORK

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                       NTSB ADVISORY
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National Transportation Safety Board
Washington, DC 20594

February 13, 2009

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NTSB TEAM INVESTIGATING AIRLINER CRASH NEAR BUFFALO

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	The National Transportation Safety Board has 
dispatched a Go Team to investigate the crash of a turboprop 
airliner last night near Buffalo, New York.

	At about 10:15 p.m. (EST) Thursday, February 12, a 
Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 twin-engine turboprop airplane, 
registration N200WQ, operated by Colgan Air, Inc., as 
Continental Express flight 3407 from Newark, New Jersey, 
crashed into a house during an instrument approach to 
Buffalo International Airport.  It appears all aboard the 
aircraft lost their lives and there is a report of at least 
one ground fatality.

	NTSB Senior Air Safety Investigator Lorenda Ward will 
serve as Investigator-in-Charge of the team comprising 
approximately a dozen NTSB investigators.  NTSB Member 
Steven Chealander is accompanying the team and will serve as 
principal spokesman for the on-scene investigation.  Keith 
Holloway is the press officer joining the team.  Once on 
scene, Mr. Holloway can be reached on his cell phone, 202-
557-1350.

	The Federal Aviation Administration, Colgan Air, and 
the Air Line Pilots Association will be parties to the 
NTSB's investigation.  The aircraft and engines were 
manufactured in Canada, and the Transportation Safety Board 
(TSB) of Canada has appointed an Accredited Representative 
who will arrive on scene today along with technical 
advisors from TSB, Bombardier Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney 
Canada.

	An NTSB media briefing will be announced later today.

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NTSB Media Contact:	Keith Holloway
			(202) 557-1350
			hollowk@xxxxxxxx

			NTSB Public Affairs 
			(Washington,D.C.)
			(202) 314-6100




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