The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says that pilots flying the Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) “Prime Air” Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) cargo plane could have mulled over aborting the landing of the aircraft before the crash in Miami on Sunday.
Interviews Scheduled With Pilots
During a press briefing on Tuesday shared by Fox News, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said that the agency will be interviewing both pilots involved in the incident and added that the NTSB will be releasing the readout of the onboard voice recording in the cockpit.
“30 seconds before the end of the recording, the nose landing gear and the right main landing gear touched down, and the ground speed was 158 knots (around 181 mph),” while the ground speed of the aircraft was 146 knots (roughly 168 mph) when the brakes were applied.
“19 seconds before the end of the recording, the left main landing gear touched down at a ground speed of 134 knots (154 mph).” The agency then said that brakes were released 15 seconds before the end of the recording at a ground speed of 120 knots (138 mph) and “throttles increased to values consistent with go-around thrust.”
