All 49 aboard the plane died, along with one person on the ground. Renslow, 48, the captain of Flight 3407, lived in Lutz, ...

The D.C. mid-air collision last month ended what had been the longest safety streak without a fatal crash in American commercial aviation. It had been nearly 16 years since the Colgan Air crash.

“I have to say when you look at our aviation record, our safety record over the past 15 years -- in 2009 obviously we had the Colgan Air crash that killed 47 people – but we haven’t had a ...

That investigation began on Feb. 12, 2009, after Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed, killing 50 people, and revealed gaps in pilot training and other safety-related areas that drove Congress to pass ...

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