Historical eventFebruary 122009

Buffalo Niagara International Airport

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

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When
Thursday, February 12 200917 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
21st century · 2000s
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Dates: From 2009.

What happened

Just before landing at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashes into a house in Clarence Center, New York, killing the house's occupant and all 49 people on board the aircraft.

February 12 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 2002Iran Airtour
  2. 2002Trial of Slobodan Milošević
  3. 2003La Paz
  4. 2004San Francisco
  5. 2009Colgan Air Flight 3407
  6. 2009Buffalo Niagara International Airport
  7. 2016Pope Francis
  8. 2016Catholic Church
  9. 2019Coffin of Nedjemankh
  10. 2019North Macedonia
  11. 20262026 Bangladeshi general election

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February 12 2009 — 17 years ago, on a Thursday.

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