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

Fonte da imagem, Getty Images, Brandon Drenon. Um piloto a bordo de um avião de carga da Amazon que caiu em Miami, Flórida, no domingo, observou que estava indo muito rápido antes de ultrapassar a pista, colidir com outros veículos e explodir em chamas, mostram novos dados de voo.

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The investigation update from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said one pilot warned the other in the cockpit multiple times about "the aircraft's excessive speed" but noted "there was but not a consistent verbal response", even as an altitude alarm sounded.

The Boeing 767-300's landing speed was 158 knots (292km/h), which experts have noted was on the high end.

O NTSB está liderando a investigação sobre o acidente que matou cinco pessoas e feriu mais cinco.

Figure caption, Five killed as Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport.

The flight data released by NTSB included the plane's speed, altitude, and other details like flap deployment as it approached the runway. The update also included the summary of conversation between the two pilots.

O resumo observou que as precauções do piloto sobre a velocidade ocorreram “ao longo do restante da gravação”, assim como a resposta verbal inconsistente.

A atualização informou que houve um alerta eletrônico “sink rate sink rate” nos minutos finais – um aviso de segurança automatizado sobre a velocidade de descida.

There was also an ​electronic "too low terrain" callout, another automated verbal warning that the plane was flying too close to the ground without being properly prepared for landing.

Aviation attorney Pablo Rojas told CBS News, the BBC's US partner, that it was difficult to know without the actual recording what the NTSB was referring to when it noted the inconsistent verbal response.

Mas, de fato, confirma que isso foi, de certa forma, uma abordagem condenada," ele disse.

Rojas noted that flap deployment data included in NTSB's update also could be an area of concern. The flaps, located on the back of the wings, are "part of what helps the plane kind of slow down and gently approach a landing", he said.

The flap deployment here happened much later in the accident sequence," Rojas said. "That's maybe because the pilots were responding to the fact that they were going too fast.

Depois de ultrapassar a pista, o avião – Voo 7598 da Amazon Prime Air – atingiu equipamentos no solo, colidiu com uma van branca da Ford e prosseguiu avançando através de uma cerca de perímetro.

It then collided with a Toyota Corolla, before coming to rest about 1,300ft (394m) beyond the runway.

Investigadores iniciam trabalho para descobrir por que avião cargo ultrapassou a pista de Miami.

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• The Boeing 767-300's landing speed was 158 knots (292km/h), which experts have noted was on the high end