Originally Posted by Captain Cook

Why in the world is Continental Airlines contracting out their business to a bottom feeder airline like Colgan? Oh nevermind, it's because CAL is getting the cheapest rate from Colgan.

After the BUF crash, I cannot believe that Colgan just had a wheel fall off a Dash 8 yesterday.

Sorry CAL guys, but your management is running your airline into the dirt in my opinion.

My family will not fly on CAL again until they get rid of the bottom feeding commuters like Colgan.

Incident: Colgan DH8D at Buffalo on May 12th 2009, lost wheel on landing
Incident: Colgan DH8D at Buffalo on May 12th 2009, lost wheel on landing
By Simon Hradecky, created Wednesday, May 13th 2009 09:13Z, last updated Wednesday, May 13th 2009 09:13Z

A Colgan Air de Havilland Dash 8-400, registration N187WQ performing flight 9L-3268 from Newark,NJ to Buffalo,NY (USA), had landed on Buffalo's runway 23 and was taxiing to the ramp via taxiway Alpha, when the tower queried the crew, whether they had lost a tire. After an affirmative reply from the crew emergency services inspected the taxiway and decided to also have a look onto the runway, then reported that fluid, possibly from hydraulics, was on the runway and a whole wheel had been located with debris around the intersections of runway 23, runway 32 and taxiway Alpha. Both runways were closed, runway 32 reopened about 10 minutes later.