CLARENCE — After a commuter flight fell from the sky onto a western New York home five years ago, the relatives of the passengers killed were too grief-stricken to appreciate the outpouring of support they received from strangers. At ...

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BUFFALO — Lawyers for families suing over the deadly 2009 crash of a plane into a house near Buffalo have won access to an internal safety report that the flight’s operators had fought to keep private. They can also interview ...

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BUFFALO — Erie County has lost its bid to recover the money it spent in the aftermath of the 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo. A federal appeals court last week upheld a ruling clearing flight operator ...

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WASHINGTON — Federal accident investigators are ordering a regional air carrier to turn over previously withheld records regarding the qualifications of the pilots involved in a deadly 2009 air crash. National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Deborah Hersman said in a ...

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BUFFALO — A lawyer for families suing over the 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo says newly released emails show the flight's operator, Colgan Air, doubted its pilot's ability to fly the plane six months before it crashed.

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BUFFALO — Families suing over the 2009 crash of Flight 3407 near Buffalo have won a key victory as their cases move forward. They learned Monday they'll be allowed to sue for unlimited punitive damages from the flight's operators. Those are damages meant to punish companies and deter future wrongdoing.

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BUFFALO — Days before the second anniversary of the deadly crash of a plane into a New York home, lawyers for victims’ families have been in court discussing the lawsuits pending against the flight’s operators

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Elly Kausner, a 24-year-old Florida law student, bought a ticket online from Continental Airlines to fly home to see her parents in western New York, she had no idea the last leg of the flight would be on an airline she had never heard of — Colgan Air.

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BUFFALO — Families suing over the 2009 crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 will be allowed to use the cockpit voice recording at trial. A federal judge in Buffalo agreed with lawyers ...

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