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The Crash Of The Plane Crash

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The plane crash occurred on February 12, 2009, approximately 22.17 EST, when the turboprop Bombardier, Colgan Air, Inc., was executing the flight 3407, approaching to the international airport in Buffalo, New York. He crashed into a house in Clarence Center, (NY), five nautical miles to the northeast of the landing site, killing a man on the earth, the passengers and flight crew. Altogether, this tragedy claimed the lives of fifty people. The airplane was destroyed after hitting the ground and because of the fire, which started after the crash. That night, adverse weather conditions have been observed. The forecast for wind up to 15 knots and snow showers. At the same time, the weather documents for crashed Flight did not include any advice on the airplane management in hard weather conditions, which would have informed the pilot about the specifics of such phenomena. One of them was the rime icing of the plane caused by decreasing altitude. (National Transportation Safety Board, 2010).
According to the records of the black box (Colgan 3407 NTSB, 2009), the timeline of events indicates that the event occurred quickly and were extremely few chances that the accident will be avoided. The events explained in the following sequence. The plane was on the instrument landing near the airport of Buffalo. The engines were running at idle speed. There was a slight icing on the glider, but its’ impact was negligible. The autopilot mode was activated. Airspeed during the decline was

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