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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 pilot's basic skills. the report states that the captain never revealed to colgan, the regional carrier for flight 3407, that he had fail...

That same year, regional airline colgan air flight 3407 crashed in buffalo, killing 50. >> colgan air was a watershed event for aviation safety, in particular, bringing the regional carriers up to standards with the major carriers. >> reporter: the safety culture is spreading. accident rates are dropping in russia, africa, latin america, the caribbean, and asia. despite the dramatic improvement in safety, experts say there's a real danger here. just when you start to think, it can't happen again, is often when you're the most vulnerable. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >> thanks, tom. 20...

Flight. and, an entire weekend off just before the 17 hours. the judge found the pilot not guilty of interfering with the flight crew by reason of "insanity." with us now is forensic psychologist. this has to an very rare diagnosis, doctor? >>guest: it is rare. more common in developing countries than it is here in the united states, but it is not impossible. >>trace: this guy ran through the ayes saying al qaeda is coming and bring down the plane and we are supposed to believe he did not get enough sleep. >>guest: interesting point because if he were in a chronic state of sleep deprivation, s...

Storms delay flight 3407 for twç hours at newark international airport in new jersey. once it departs the flight takes only an hour to buffalo. but three miles from the runway, the captain runs into problems. >> the speed was a little higher than he anticipated and he made an adjustment. what he did was reduced the power and extended the landing gear which adds a drag. the speed decreased fairly rapidly to the point that a warning device in the airplane activated -- >> the warning system seems to take the captain by surprise. it should be a fairly simple correction to get the plane's speed ba...

Flight 3407, that he had failed several certification exams. >> he apparently wasn't completely honest inútz@w;e)ti those. but while he was at colgan, he also had not passed some of the tests in the check rides that he had had. >> the captain eventually passes all of the required tests. colgan points out that their crew training meets or exceeds requirements of the faa. but former inspector general of the department of transportatioç points to what she sees as the problem with the regional airlines in general, cost cutting. >> their whole business model is to fly inexpensive aircraft and sa...