February 12, 2009, marked an important date in aviation history. The crash, which killed 49 people, involved a Bombardier DHC ...

Rebecca Lynne Shaw was the 24-year-old co-pilot on the Continental Connection Flight that came crashing down near Buffalo, N.Y. in 2009.

CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. — News of the deadly midair crash between American Airlines flight 5342 and a Black ... in the United States — Continental Flight 3407. "It's not an easy thing to go ...

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - Wednesday night's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C. sent shockwaves across the nation, as 67 ...

A painful reminder of a tragedy nearly 16 years past: the crash of Continental Flight 3407 in Clarence Center. For families of the 49 victims, like Clarence resident Jennifer West, the D.C. crash ...

But for the families of Continental Connection Flight 3407 and anyone who knew anyone on that plane – and I know two – the fact that the crash took place at about the same time on a winter ...

D.C. after going 16 years without a commercial plane crash in the U.S. The last major commercial plane crash was Flight 3407 in February 2009 when a Continental Airlines flight crashed on Long ...

Unfathomable tragedy struck the skies Wednesday night when a passenger plane with 64 people aboard crashed into an Army helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the Potomac ...

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2009, file photo, the wreckage of Continental flight 3407 lies amid smoke at the scene after crashing into a suburban Buffalo home and erupting into flames. (AP Photo/Dave ...

In this 12 February, 2009 file photo, the wreckage of Continental flight 3407 lies amid smoke at the scene after crashing into a suburban Buffalo home and erupting ...

Fatal crashes of commercial aircraft in the U.S. have become a rarity. The last was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York.

The tragic accident, caused by a midair collision between a regional American Airlines jetliner and an Army helicopter, is the most recent fatal commercial aviation accident in the U.S.