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GOP 'sat on sidelines,' Obama charges
The SwampPresident Obama speaks after touring an industrial facility in Buffalo. (AP/Susan Walsh) by Christi Parsons Accusing Republicans of sitting idly by during the economic collapse, President Obama today claimed credit for helping to "keep the American...Tags: New York City, Republican Party, Heads of State, Washington (U.S. state), Government
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Fiery plane crash in upstate NY kills 50
CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) - A Continental commuter plane coming in for a landing nose-dived into a house in suburban Buffalo, sparking a fiery explosion that killed all 49 people aboard and a person in the home. It was the nation's first fatal crash of a...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Air Transportation Industry, Florida, Erie County, Disasters and Accidents
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Chilling Air Traffic Control Recordings Offer Clues Into Continental 3407 Crash
In a chilling audio recording obtained by PIX News of the interactions between air traffic control and the planes on approach into Buffalo, some clues emerge into the crash of Continental 3407, operated by Colgan Air. Throughout the tape, there is no...Tags: U.S. Airways, Air Transportation Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Travel, Emergency Planning
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50 Killed in New York plane crash
10:15AM CLARENCE, N.Y. (AP) - The rubble of a home is still smoking near Buffalo, N.Y., where a Continental commuter plane crashed last night, killing all 49 people on board. A person in the house that was struck by the plane was also killed. It's...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Florida, Pinnacle Airlines Corp., Travel, Weather
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Pilots' Low Pay, Long Commutes Probed in Air Crash
![WASHINGTON (AP) - The co-pilot in an airline crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York was paid a salary so low that she lived with her parents near Seattle and commuted across the country to her job, a combination of long travel and little money that a safety official called a "recipe for an accident."](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-05/46900810-13183119-140105.jpg "WASHINGTON (AP) - The co-pilot in an airline crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York was paid a salary so low that she lived with her parents near Seattle and commuted across the country to her job, a combination of long travel and little money that a safety official called a "recipe for an accident.\"")
WASHINGTON (AP) - The co-pilot in an airline crash that killed 50 people in upstate New York was paid a salary so low that she lived with her parents near Seattle and commuted across the country to her job, a combination of long travel and little money...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Heads of State, Disasters and Accidents, Travel, Seattle
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Relatives of Co-Pilot on Doomed Buffalo Flight Jump to Her Defense
NEW YORK ( WPIX) - The husband and mother of the co-pilot of the Continental Connections Flight 3407 that crashed outside Buffalo Feb. 12 are speaking out in her defense. They were reacting to three days of hearings that portrayed Rebecca Shaw, 24, as...Tags: Fatigue, WPIX, Transportation Industry, Death, Tampa
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Buffalo Crash Pilot Allegedly Failed Several Test Flights
WASHINGTON- Pilot training and fatigue are expected to be the focus of an unusual public hearing on Tuesday into safety issues raised by the February crash of an airliner near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 50 people.
The National Transportation Safety...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Travel, Transportation, Air Transportation, Death
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In search of Buffalo, N.Y.
Sun StaffTalk about a place with low self-esteem. The city of Buffalo, whose name suggests oxen and whose dominant winter accessory is the snowbank, isn't big on promotion. Grab a taxi outside the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and ask the driver, "Say,...Tags: Travel, Air Transportation, Pier 1 Imports Incorporated, Football, Sports
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