In fact, the last major U.S. commercial airline crash with significant fatalities was Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, which killed 50 people near Buffalo, New York.

A British man who sat in seat 11A was the sole survivor after an Air India flight crashed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Thursday. The Air India flight AI 171, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, crashed in a ...

It was the first deadly commercial airline crash on U.S. soil since Colgan Flight 3407 crashed into a Buffalo, N.Y.-area house in 2009, killing all 49 aboard and one person on the ground.

Families of Flight 3407 crash victims attended a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday as senators questioned Republic Airways CEO and FAA administrator nominee Bryan Bedford.

Families of Flight 3407 Reported to be at DC Hearing. FAA nominee Bryan Bedford grilled on pilot training and safety rules at Capitol Hill hearing, with focus on 1,500-hour rule.

Trump's FAA pick grilled over views of Flight 3407-inspired pilot training rules BY Kevin Frey Washington, D.C. PUBLISHED 7:40 PM ET Jun. 11, 2025 PUBLISHED 7:40 PM EDT Jun. 11, 2025 ...

WASHINGTON – The Flight 3407 families and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday that President Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration underwhelmed them ...

Regulators increased the hours required from 250 to 1,500 after the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 near Buffalo, New York, that killed all 49 aboard.

The collision over the nation’s capital was the first major crash involving a U.S. commercial passenger flight since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in New York in 2009. Share this story.

President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration was grilled by senators Wednesday on critical safety-related issues, including the required hours needed for pilots, the ...

Mr. Bedford has been a longtime critic of the federal requirement that commercial pilots complete 1,500 flight ... who lost his uncle, John Fiore, in the 2009 crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, ...