Colgan Air Flight 3407

2009 aviation accident in the U.S.
Event aviation_accident Q873485
Colgan Air Flight 3407
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Summary

Colgan Air Flight 3407 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of aviation accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,999 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Operator: Colgan Air[5]
  • Location: Clarence Center[6]
  • Commons category: Colgan Air Flight 3407[7]
  • Point in time: February 12, 2009[8]
  • Has cause: stall[9]
  • Number of deaths: 50[10]
  • Depicted by: Dead Tired[11]
  • Start point: Newark Liberty International Airport[12]
  • Destination point: Buffalo Niagara International Airport[13]
  • Number of survivors: 0[14]
  • Vessel: de Havilland Canada DHC-8[15]

Why It Matters

Colgan Air Flight 3407 has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Location → Clarence Center
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