FAA says flight attendants quit after training on wrong extinguishers . FAA says untrained crew were used on 172 flights . According to the Federal Aviation Administration , government inspectors discovered that new Colgan crew members were trained using a type of halon fire extinguisher found on Saab 340 aircraft , instead of the type installed on the Q400 planes they were staffing . Colgan plans to appeal , says it is ` ` top priority ''
FAA says flight attendants quit after training on wrong extinguishers . FAA says untrained crew were used on 172 flights . Colgan plans to appeal , says it is ` ` top priority ''