Amazon Plane Crashes in Miami, Killing Five
An Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring two others. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the incident, which occurred when the plane overshot a runway.
The NTSB has recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from the plane, operated by contractor 21 Air. According to CNN, the plane was traveling at over 180 mph about 30 seconds before it crashed. The landing gear on the back right and nose wheels touched down first, but the third set of landing gear did not touch down until nine seconds later.
Pilots are trained to land with their back wheels first, and aircraft are designed to do so. However, in this case, the pilots may have considered aborting the landing before it happened. 'What we need to do is talk to the crew and get their account to understand how they're manipulating the controls in order to get a better understanding of the situation,' said Chihoon Shin, the NTSB investigator.
The pilots will be interviewed on Wednesday, but details from the cockpit voice recorder will not be released until then. The crash occurred when the plane struck at least two vehicles, a fence, and concrete barriers before stopping.