First officer warned that Amazon plane was coming in too fast before deadly crash
The first officer of an Amazon Cargo plane that overran a runway last month and struck two vehicles, killing five people on the ground, warned several times that the plane was coming in too fast during its approach, the NTSB said in its preliminary report.
A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board report revealed that air traffic controllers did not warn Amazon cargo pilots about strong tailwinds before a crash in Miami last month, resulting in five fatalities. The plane careened off the runway, striking a van and killing all five people inside. The controller failed to relay the wind advisory to the pilots, even though federal regulations mandate this information when a tail wind exists.
The plane, loaded with Amazon packages, landed faster than anticipated and traveled 1,200 feet beyond the runway's edge, smashing into a cleaning company van. The pilots, inexperienced with each other at the time, had minor injuries, while five people died and several others were injured. The crash of the 32-year-old Boeing 767, originally designed for passengers and converted to a cargo plane in 2016, occurred shortly after Amazon began working with the North Carolina airline.
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