The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary summary of selected cockpit voice and flight data recorder findings from the fatal Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) “Prime Air” crash in Miami that claimed five lives and injured five individuals.
Pilot Warned Plane Was Too Fast
In a statement released on Wednesday, the agency said that the cockpit voice recordings were “preliminary” and could be “subject to change.” The agency said that approximately 1:42 minutes before the end of the voice recording, a pilot cautioned that the aircraft was “too fast” as it approached. The report did not specify which pilot issued the warnings.
“The other pilot made additional comments regarding the aircraft’s excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording,” the NTSB said, adding that there was no “consistent verbal response” to the reminders about speed. The statement also mentioned that “too low terrain” was “annunciated four times.”
“Approximately 15 seconds before the end of the CVR recording, a pilot called for a ‘go-around,’ an attempt to abort the landing and climb away, as also pointed out by the flight data recordings of the Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) 767 aircraft operated by 21Air LLC.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy earlier said that the plane traveled 1,300 feet beyond the runway, adding that the overshot resulted in the aircraft colliding with two vehicles: a van belonging to a cleaning company and an SUV. The van had seven occupants inside.
In comments made to Benzinga, both Amazon and Boeing said they would be supporting the investigation conducted by the agency. The aircraft involved was manufactured in 1994 and converted into a cargo plane by a third party, Boeing confirmed to Benzinga.
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