Amazon freighter in crash was transporting contact lenses
nvestigators will interview the pilots who had trouble landing the Amazon plane in Miami before it overran the runway in Miami, killing five people. The post Amazon freighter in crash was transporting contact lenses appeared first on FreightWaves .
The Amazon freighter aircraft that crashed at Miami International Airport two days ago failed to follow proper landing procedures and was carrying over 32,000 pounds of contact lenses from Puerto Rico, according to National Transportation Safety Board officials during a news conference on Tuesday evening. The Boeing 767-300 converted freighter overshot the normal runway zone and struggled to get all three landing gears on the ground, ultimately running off the runway and colliding with two vehicles and fences before coming to a stop in a grassy area on a public road, resulting in five fatalities and multiple injuries.
Notably, the pilots did not deploy crucial systems meant to slow the aircraft upon landing, with the throttles set to full power just seconds before the plane came to rest. Upon touchdown, the nose and right main landing gears touched down at a ground speed of 181 mph, which decreased to 168 mph after the application of brakes, 154 mph when the left main landing gear touched down, and ultimately 75 mph after the throttles were reduced to idle power and brakes reapplied.
The two pilots, Captain Joseph Carol and First Officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, along with 21 Air's chief pilot and assistant chief pilot, will be interviewed by investigators on Wednesday. The Federal Aviation Administration mandates a minimum of 1,500 flight hours for pilots to operate commercial airlines, which both pilots had well exceeded by the time of the incident.
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