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Large cargo plane crashes east of Houston

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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:12 PM
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A large cargo plane belonging to Atlas Air has crashed into Trinity Bay east of Houston in Texas, federal officials say. Three people were on board and a search and rescue operation is underway. The accident happened just before 12:45 p.m. CT on Saturday when Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767, went down in Trinity Bay near Anahuac, a city in Chambers County. Three people are believed to have been on board. “The Federal Aviation Administration issued an Alert Notice on Atlas Air Flight 3591 after losing radar and radio contact with the Boeing 767 approximately 30 miles (48 kilometers) southeast of Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport,” FAA spokesman Lynn Lunsford said. The plane was flying from Miami to Houston. The cause of Saturday’s accident was not immediately known. Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have launched an investigation.


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Just noticed this pop up on Twitter. Still early days as to the fate of the crew or obviously what may have caused this? Anyone have any info on the company? Or their record?



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:17 PM
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Claim that the aircraft may have been linked to Amazon?

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Live feed on this link seems to show it having gone down in the bay? Was showing a rescue helicopter with a (diver?) hovering above the water a second ago.

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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:21 PM
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:26 PM
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a reply to: solidshot

Beat me by a minute.

It was a Prime Air aircraft, with the Amazon logo on the tail. Under their agreement, Atlas operates the initial fleet for Amazon, until Amazon gets their own crews and aircraft up and going. It's something like a five year agreement with Atlas.

Atlas has been operating since 1992. They operate the Dreamlifter 747s for Boeing, as well as operating their aircraft for other cargo airlines, such as DHL, and Southern Air.

The flight was inbound to Houston, but was three miles outside the Chambers County Airport when it crashed.


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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:36 PM
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Seems to have descended 6300+ feet within a minute or so? is this normal for an approach?

Images in this tweet->

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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:36 PM
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Last recorded data was a -29,500 fpm descent.




posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 02:40 PM
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No, they basically went straight down.

The aircraft was a 767-300ER, delivered new to Canadian Airlines International in 1992. It was converted to a freighter for Atlas in 2016, and went to Prime Air in 2017. As of December it had 90,610 hours and 23,180 cycles.

Authorities confirmed no survivors.


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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:01 PM
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News source from the OP are claiming on Twitter that there was no distress call? So something very sudden and very violent?

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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:02 PM
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originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: solidshot

No, they basically went straight down.

The aircraft was a 767-300ER, delivered new to Canadian Airlines International in 1992. It was converted to a freighter for Atlas in 2016, and went to Prime Air in 2017. As of December it had 90,610 hours and 23,180 cycles.

Authorities confirmed no survivors.



What would cause a plane to just go straight down? Even if all engines are out, it can glide for a long distance. A wing coming off? I don't think really happens much. And there are 2 pilots for this type of craft right? That would rule out one of them having a medical issue.
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:05 PM
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a reply to: solidshot

Yeah, whatever it was hit fast. They were probably getting the aircraft set for landing, so could have lost something during the checklist and got into trouble.
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:06 PM
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a reply to: CosmicAwakening

Fire, stall (although unlikely), hydraulic or another system failure, structural failure....
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:08 PM
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With a fire would they not have had time to get off a distress call though? Does this model of aircraft have any history of problems?



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:09 PM
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The 767 has a good history. The design entered service in 1982, and has had 45 accidents as of 2017. Of those, 16 were hull losses, with a total of 851 passenger fatalities.

They could have had a fire that went undetected until it was too late, and it burned through the floor. That would sever the control cables, and put them out of control. They probably didn't radio a distress call because they were too busy trying to get back under control.
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:09 PM
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a reply to: Zaphod58

I was thinking an explosion, but not necessarily a bomb. Something in the cargo hold blew up?



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:11 PM
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I hate to think terrorism but if no distress call and sudden loss of altitude I'm thinking bomb.

Even if engines go out or some other mechanical failure, planes typically just dont fall out the sky nor do pilots not have time to get a distress call out.



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:12 PM
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a reply to: LookingAtMars

That's also a possibility.



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:13 PM
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a reply to: Edumakated

It depends on what's going on. If they suddenly went out of control for whatever reason, they'd be concentrating on getting the aircraft under control, and not telling people on the ground they were in trouble.



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:15 PM
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originally posted by: LookingAtMars
a reply to: Zaphod58

I was thinking an explosion, but not necessarily a bomb. Something in the cargo hold blew up?


What could explode that would take a large 767 out the air other than a bomb? Even a fire from say lithium batteries or some other consumer good that might not t be stable wouldnt cause catastrophic and immediate failure.
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posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:16 PM
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a reply to: Edumakated

I think an O2 tank once took a plane down.



posted on Feb, 23 2019 @ 03:22 PM
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a reply to: LookingAtMars

O2 generator that cause a fire, if we are thinking of the same incident. Florida.




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