Time: 0000Z Be respectful as we honour the victims of continental 3407 by flying to buffalo in the UAL express Q400. TFC members use your assigned callsign, anyone else use a United Express callsign
If you didn’t know… Continental 3407 was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009. The aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8 Q400, entered an aerodynamic stall from which it did not recover and crashed into a house in Clarence Center, New York at 10:17 p.m. EST (03:17 UTC), killing all 49 passengers and crew on board, as well as one person inside the house
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The crash was a result of bad piloting. Instead of pushing the nose down to recover from the stall, the captain pushed it up which made it do a barrel roll and crash. It was not operated by United Express, but rather by a smaller company (Colgan). The United colors were on the aircraft but It it had a colgon flight crew. This is the reason why on every airline ticket that is for a flight not operated by that airline, it has “Operated by [Insert partner airline].” United usually partners with Mesa Airlines for UA Express nowadays.
I didn’t post on here for a history lesson 😂 ill take a gate pls.
A sad day for my hometown. I remember it well. A nice tribute to pay respects to those who lost their lives and loved ones that night. Hats off to you @Oli_H
Sure, but to pay respect to the victims of this disaster would you mind changing your callsign to a united express one? Thanks and I hope to see you there :)
