Colgan Air Continental Connection Flight 3407 Last night at nearly 10:30 pm tragedy struck our industry as Continental Connection flight 3407, operated by Colgan Air, was involved in an accident just outside Buffalo. The flight, originated in Newark, was flown on a Dash 8 Q400 aircraft that’s been in operation less than a year since April of 2008. The accident led to the death of all four crewmembers, an off-duty Colgan Air Captain, 44 passengers and one individual on the ground. The NTSB is already on the scene investigating the accident and early this morning the agency recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder which will greatly assist in the investigation. We recognize and honor the crew of flight 3407. Flight Attendants Matilda Quintero and Donna Prisco both joined Colgan on May 28, 2008. Captain Marvin Renslow had flown at Colgan since September 9, 2005, First Officer Rebecca Shaw since January 16, 2008 and off-duty Captain Joseph Zuffoletto had been with Colgan since September 19, 2005.

Icing on the wings……( my bet). Weather ( Mother Nature) can be unforgiving!