The National Transportation Safety Board has released new information about the Amazon cargo plane crash in Miami last weekend that killed five people on the ground. According to the NTSB, one of the pilots, who have been identified as Capt. Joseph Carroll and First Officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, repeatedly warned the other pilot that the aircraft was "too fast" during the final approach and after touchdown.
The NTSB did not specify which pilot was issuing the warnings or which pilot was receiving them, but said that the warnings continued for nearly two minutes without a consistent verbal response from the receiving pilot. The cockpit voice recorder also captured a series of automated warnings, including "sink rate" and "too low terrain" alerts, as the aircraft descended toward the runway.
The flight data recorder shows that the plane made an unstable approach in strong winds, and after touchdown, the pilots attempted to take off again by advancing the throttles and releasing the brakes before abandoning the maneuver. The plane eventually barreled about 1,300 feet beyond the end of the runway and struck a van, killing the five people inside.
The five people killed in the van were part of a crew that cleaned planes at the airport, according to NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy. Five others were injured in the crash, including two who were in critical condition as of Tuesday. The pilots, who were injured as well, were treated and released before speaking with investigators.
The full transcript of the cockpit conversation has not yet been released as the investigation continues.
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