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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Investigators were set to talk to the pilots and air traffic controllers who were involved in the recent fatal cargo plane crash in Miami-Dade County, according to National Transportation Safety Board officials. Five people died, and five people were injured after a Boeing 767-300 overtook Miami International Airport’s runway 30-12 shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Sunday and struck two occupied vehicles, according to the NTSB. “No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust were deployed,” Chihoon Shin, the NTSB’s lead investigator, said on Tuesday night. Preliminary analysis of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the pilots considered aborting the landing for takeoff, according to the NTSB. Evidence gathering continued at the crash site on Wednesday. Related story: NTSB provides latest updates on investigation into MIA cargo plane crash “We are going to be on scene for about a week,“ NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said on Tuesday night.
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Related story: NTSB team visits fatal cargo plane crash site in Miami-Dade; 5 victims killed in crash identified One of MIA’s four runways remained closed on Wednesday, according to the NTSB.
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A cargo plane pilot who escaped a fiery crash near Miami International Airport was visibly shaken and urgently asked a nearby warehouse worker to use his phone to call his wife, a witness said. Abraham Altamar was working Sunday near the airport when he heard a loud noise and ran outside with co-workers to investigate. He said they found thick, black smoke rising behind their floral warehouse near Northwest 36th Street. “(As) soon as we saw the plane, we start running to see what was happening,” Altamar said. Altamar said he soon encountered 37-year-old Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, one of the pilots who had escaped the burning Prime Air cargo jet. “He was shaking, he seemed stressed,” Altamar said. Altamar said he offered to call 911, but Molina instead asked to use his phone to call his wife. “I just asked him if he wanted me to call 911, but he’s like, ‘No, I need your phone to call my wife,”' Altamar said.
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Investigators were set to talk to the pilots and air traffic controllers who were involved in the recent fatal cargo plane crash in Miami-Dade County, according to National Transportation Safety Board officials. Five people died, and five people were injured after a Boeing 767-300 overtook Miami International Airport’s runway 30-12 shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Sunday and struck two occupied vehicles, according to the NTSB. “No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust were deployed,” Chihoon Shin, the NTSB’s lead investigator, said on Tuesday night. Preliminary analysis of the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder indicated that the pilots considered aborting the landing for takeoff, according to the NTSB. Evidence gathering continued at the crash site on Wednesday. Related story: NTSB provides latest updates on investigation into MIA cargo plane crash “We are going to be on scene for about a week,“ NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said on Tuesday night.
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