Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows

SinCity Press NTSB data released after the crash of Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 shows the aircraft was traveling excess speed as it approached the runway, prompting repeated warnings from the flight crew before it overran the strip and struck ground equipment. The agency’s update included the plane’s speed, altitude and flap deployment details, along with a summary of conversation between the two pilots. That summary noted the pilot's cautions about velocity occurred 'throughout the remainder of the recording' as did the inconsistent verbal response. An automated physics “sink complaint descend rate” callout sounded during the final minutes, advising the crew of the descent rate. Shortly thereafter an electronic “too debased terrain” alert warned that the aircraft was flying too close to the ground without being properly configured for landing. Aviation lawyer Pablo Rojas, speaking to CBS News – the BBC’s US partner – said, “But, it truly confirms that this was, successful a way, a doomed approach,” he said. Rojas added that the flap deployment information cited by the NTSB could be significant, explaining, “part of what helps the level benignant of dilatory down and mildly attack a landing.” He observed, “The flap deployment present happened overmuch aboriginal successful the mishap sequence,” Rojas said. “That's possibly due to the fact that the pilots were responding to the information that they were going excessively fast.” After overshooting the runway, Flight 7598 struck ground equipment, hit a black Ford van, continued through a perimeter fence and collided with a Toyota Corolla before coming to rest about 1,300ft (394m) beyond the runway. The five fatalities were members of a plane‑cleaning crew inside the van. Miami authorities identified them on Tuesday as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.