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NTSB Hearing Probes Buffalo Air Crash

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 05/14/2009 - 4:00am

The third and final day of hearings into last February's crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, New York, get underway Thursday in Washington D.C.

All 49 people onboard were killed, as was a man inside a house the plane struck. Testimony at the hearing has shown a troubling combination of fatigue, improper conduct in the cockpit and an inexperienced flight crew.