Atlas Air 767 down/Texas
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Atlas Air 767 down/Texas
FAA: Boeing 767 cargo jet operated by Atlas Air Inc. has crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, while en route from Miami to Houston; initial reports indicate 3 people were on board.
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FAA statement says it was Atlas Air Flight 3591. Radar contact lost about 30 miles SE of IAH. Crash said to have occurred about 12:45 local.
Details are pretty scant right now as this just broke. However, Trinity Bay is a busy place so there may well be several witnesses if not video.
Details are pretty scant right now as this just broke. However, Trinity Bay is a busy place so there may well be several witnesses if not video.
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A Twitter post by @JasonWhitely states tail number is N1217A, a 26-year old aircraft operating as Amazon Prime Air, one of 30 767s in Amazon's fleet.
FAA reported as saying no survivors. RIP.
FAA reported as saying no survivors. RIP.
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FAA has it listed as registered to Andromeda Leasing LLC
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinq...mberTxt=N1217A
https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinq...mberTxt=N1217A
From a Houston station
https://www.click2houston.com/news/b...board-faa-says
https://www.click2houston.com/news/b...board-faa-says
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Running of the FR24 track the aircraft's final left turn doesn't seem to follow the standard approach, which aircraft immediately following it did.
I have had a look at the raw data and it seems like the aircraft was not in a rapid decent at the time the turn was made, the following graph for altitude starts at when the turn commences
I have had a look at the raw data and it seems like the aircraft was not in a rapid decent at the time the turn was made, the following graph for altitude starts at when the turn commences
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Aerial pictures of the site show a pretty sizable debris field with not many large pieces visible. The largest piece I've seen was what appeared to be a portion of the vertical stab with the right side of the Amazon logo. The water is murky, five feet deep max with plenty of shallow mud marsh. This is going to take a while to piece together. The sheriff said Chambers County will make their hangar available to NTSB and have offered a building in the park near the scene for use as a command center.
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In-flight break-ups are almost unheard of, especially at a relatively low airspeed when level or in a shallow descent. And the 767 is a tough old bird.
Other possibilities exist, but the FDR and CVR should give an explanation. Adverse Wx unlikely to cause such a dive.
Other possibilities exist, but the FDR and CVR should give an explanation. Adverse Wx unlikely to cause such a dive.
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one of last transmissions was a male voice with an accent requesting deviation 'west' (of the cell I assume), and ATC said no, so they said they would deviate East. This is from FlightRadar 24 and shows last radar reply and crash site.
