Posted on 02/23/2019 1:05:56 PM PST by Ronald_Magnus
A cargo plane carrying at least three people crashed into a bay in the southeastern part of Texas on Saturday, officials said.
The Federal Aviation Administration released a statement confirming that a twin-engine Boeing 767 cargo jetliner crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas about 12:45 p.m.
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Cargo shift?
Possibly, but they’d already flown from Miami and were close to their destination. I would think any unsecured cargo would have shifted at takeoff, but I could be wrong.
Air Bezos?
Live shot
Read reports all 3 crew are deceased.
https://abc13.com/crews-responding-to-cargo-jet-crash-in-trinity-bay/5153229/
Yep.
Here’s the path. Everything looked normal until the last minute or so.
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GTI3591
If I’m reading that right, they were going 280 when they hit.
https://www.reddit.com/r/flying/comments/atzdon/atlas_3591_b767_reported_down_near_iah_not/
Aircraft is “Giant 3591”
00:28 - Aircraft checks in on freq
04:02 - Controller gives weather advisory
06:19 - Aircraft calls in asking to go on the “west side” of the weather, but controller says he can’t due to arrivals. They talk over each other.
09:25 - Controller calls for aircraft
10:07 - Controller asks other aircraft if they hear any ELTs
Looks like he had to fly through the weather he wanted to go around. Maybe some freakish downdraft.
a worn-out 767 is worth how much?
just curious
There’s nothing but small pieces of debris where the aircraft hit. The Flightaware data I think is only from every minute or so. It’s not continuous. Another tracking sight showed it going in at 29,000 ft per minute.
Perhaps clear air turbulence. The precipitation didn’t look too bad. Whatever happened, it seemed to be sudden.
TWC said there is a 140 mph jet stream, the air is turbulent. Being denied the request for a change of course sounds like an issue.
Don’t tornados form at the end of a front when you’d think it would be all clear?
Did you check the prices on eBay?
[TWC said there is a 140 mph jet stream, the air is turbulent. Being denied the request for a change of course sounds like an issue.]
IF he detected severe weather on his radar, requested vectors around it, and was denied due to traffic conflicts this could be a major FAA problem. He could have declared an emergency and changed his heading but if this was IFR it would be a serious violation and he probably thought he could tough it out. The first rule of flight is that the pilot in command is responsible for the safe outcome of the flight but it would be a tough call to make if he did not have visual separation.
I read where Anahuac is know for a duck hunting. They also have lots a gators in the swamps a bayous. Having an annual gator fest is a clue.
This was an Amazon Prime cargo plane.
Sad for those crew members and family.
If your package doesn’t come, this could be the problem.
It just fell out of the sky 30 miles from destination. Sad
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