Dead Tired (Colgan Air Flight 3407)

Mayday

21st March 2011 45 mins Season 10 Episode 5

On 12 February 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 stalls at low altitude and dives into a residential area near Buffalo, New York. All on board and one person on the ground are killed. Several critical errors made by the flight crew might have been the result of their fatigue.

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