Anniversary of Continental Flight 3407

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Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the sixth
anniversary of when Continental Flight 3407 crashed into a home in
Clarence Center, New York, and tragically took the lives of all 49
passengers on board, including one expectant mother.

In the wake of this tragedy, Congress passed the Airline Safety and
Federal Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010, which was the
largest overhaul to aviation safety in over 40 years. The legislation introduced many new guidelines for airline safety and required airlines to put well-trained pilots in every cockpit. Although this law has helped to prevent accidents like that of Flight 3407 from happening again, there is still work to be done.

Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, I met with some of the families of
the victims of Flight 3407, and, yesterday, I joined a group of
bipartisan Members in urging the committee of jurisdiction to continue
to support the implementation of the Airline Safety and Federal
Aviation Administration Extension Act of 2010.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the committee for their continued support and
their efforts in helping to make commercial airline travel safer. As we
move forward, the House should be clearly focused on ensuring tragedies
like Flight 3407 never happen again.

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