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Amazon Cargo Plane Pilots Throttle Up Seconds Before Fatal Crash
A National Transportation Safety Board investigator has revealed new details about an Amazon cargo plane crash. The incident occurred when pilots applied full power to the throttles just seconds before impact, according to Chihoon Shin, the investigator-in-charge.
The flight data recorder contained approximately 55 hours of information and showed that the throttle settings were at maximum capacity in the moments leading up to the crash.
No further details about the circumstances surrounding the incident have been released, but this finding may shed some light on what happened during the fatal event.