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When continental connection flight 3407 crashes into a buffalo suburb on a wintry february night in 2009, there are no survivors. the tragedy raises many questions. >> the air speed decreased and after further pitch and roll excursions, the airplane pitched down and entered a steep decent from which it did not recover. >> one question is why the captain responded incorrectly when the plane stalled. according to the ntsb, part of the problem may have been the pilots basic skills. the report state...

The tragedy raises many questions. >> the air speed decreased and after further pitch and roll excursions, the airplane pitched down and entered a steep decent. >> one question is why the captain responded incorrectly when the plane stalled. according to the ntsb, part of the problem may have been the pilots basic skills. the report stating that the captain never revealed to colgan that he had failed several certification exams. >> he apparently suspect completely honest in reporting those. but ...