Pilots of crashed Amazon cargo plane were unaware of wind conditions
First reported 1 Oct, 22:53 UTCUpdated 2d ago4 sources
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An air traffic controller issued a landing clearance, but did not provide information on the wind as required.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The pilots of a Miami-based 21 Air cargo plane operating for Amazon.com that crashed in Miami last month killing five people, were unaware of wind conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
An air traffic controller issued a landing clearance, but did not provide information on the wind as required.
An Amazon cargo plane missed the runway at a Miami airport on September 6 and killed five people on the ground.
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- Pilots of crashed Amazon cargo plane were unaware of wind conditions (opens The Straits Times in a new tab)
An air traffic controller issued a landing clearance, but did not provide information on the wind as required.
- Pilots of Amazon cargo plane that crashed and killed five were given automatic warnings it was going too fast before touchdown, NTSB report says (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)
An Amazon cargo plane missed the runway at a Miami airport on September 6 and killed five people on the ground.
- Pilots of crashed Amazon cargo plane were unaware of wind conditions (opens Daily Maverick in a new tab)
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The pilots of a Miami-based 21 Air cargo plane operating for Amazon.com that crashed in Miami last month killing five people, were unaware of wind conditions, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Thursday.
- Federal report says pilots weren’t warned about wind before Amazon cargo plane crashed in Miami (opens New York Post in a new tab)
Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph from the south.
