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Control that they are waiting for instructions. >> these types of procedures were completely capable of being done before the accident. this was a totally preventable accident. across the country and nearly two decades later, another crash caused by human error. continental connection flight 3407 nears the buffalo airport for landing. the turbo prop suddenly pitches up, stalls, and goes into a series of terrifying rolls. the pilot fights to gain control, but the plane plummets 1,600 feet into a house. >> this aircraft was five miles out, and all of the sudden, we have no response from that a...

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...