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All 49 passengers and crew above Colgan Air Flight 3407 were killed when the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house.
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Dave Lawler, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The accident is the first fatal commercial plane crash in the U.S. since 2009, when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane went down near Buffalo, New York, killing all 45 passengers and four crew members.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The most recent deadly crash occurred in 2009 when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, killing 45 passengers, four crew members, and one person on the ground.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
The tragedy comes 16 years after a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, on Feb. 12, 2009.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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Dave Lawler, Axios, 30 Jan. 2025
The accident is the first fatal commercial plane crash in the U.S. since 2009, when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane went down near Buffalo, New York, killing all 45 passengers and four crew members.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
The most recent deadly crash occurred in 2009 when a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, killing 45 passengers, four crew members, and one person on the ground.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2025
The tragedy comes 16 years after a Bombardier DHC-8 propeller plane crashed into a house near Buffalo, New York, on Feb. 12, 2009.
—Elizabeth Maline, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Propeller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/propeller. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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propeller
noun
pro·pel·ler
prə-ˈpel-ər 
: a device consisting of a hub fitted with blades that is made to turn rapidly by an engine and is used especially for propelling airplanes and ships
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