NTSB Says Amazon Cargo Jet Pilots Tried to Abort Landing Before 5-Death Miami Crash
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
NTSB Says Amazon Cargo Jet Pilots Tried to Abort Landing Before 5-Death Miami Crash
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
Summary
NTSB investigators said the Amazon cargo jet’s pilots were not fully in control at touchdown and appeared to briefly try to abort the landing in the final 30 seconds before Sunday’s crash.
That sequence likely cost the crew hundreds of feet of runway and critical seconds before the plane overran the runway, crossed a public road and struck two vehicles.
Five people were killed when the aircraft left Miami International Airport grounds before coming to a stop, according to investigators’ late Tuesday briefing.
Cockpit voice recorder transcripts are expected Wednesday, when investigators also plan to interview the pilots as they work to determine why the landing attempt shifted.