Coverage of the recent mid-air collision brought up painful memories for John and Marilyn Kausner, whose daughter Elly was among those killed in the last major U.S. air disaster.

February 12, 2009, marked an important date in aviation history. The crash, which killed 49 people, involved a Bombardier DHC-8-400 that ran into a residential area in Clarence Center, New York.

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 ...

CLARENCE CENTER, N.Y. — On this day 16 years ago, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed into a home in Clarence Center outside of Buffalo, killing 49 people on board and one person on the ground. Families of ...

Flight 3407 was operated by now-defunct Colgan Air. Similarly, American Airlines flight 5342 was operated by a regional airline. Changes included passing the Airline Safety and Federal Aviation ...