From Business Insider · Pete Syme · · 1m 30s
Amazon cuts ties with 21 Air after Miami crash
Five people on the ground died when a Prime Air 767 overshot a Miami runway. Now Amazon has pulled its business.
In brief
Five people on the ground died when a Prime Air 767 overshot a Miami runway. Now Amazon has pulled its business. Black box data shows the crew called a go-around, then reversed it, and the plane's main braking tools were never deployed. Originally reported by Business Insider.
Amazon pauses a cargo partner
Amazon has stopped working with 21 Air, the airline operating the Boeing 767 that crashed in Miami earlier this month with Prime Air's logo on its side.
“we've decided to pause our operations with 21 Air, the operator of Flight 7598”
Five dead on the ground
The 767 overshot the runway and struck two vehicles, one a van carrying cleaning service workers. Five people on the ground were killed and five more were injured.
Who owns 21 Air
The carrier is based in North Carolina and owned by Jim Crane, a logistics billionaire who also owns the Houston Astros.
A warning with no answer
NTSB investigators said one pilot warned the other they were coming in too fast. There was no steady reply from the other seat.
“there was not a consistent verbal response”
The go-around that reversed
About 15 seconds after touchdown, a pilot called for a go-around. Thrust increased, then the throttles came back down and the brakes went on again.
Brakes that never came out
The speed brakes and thrust reversers, the tools that slow a landing plane, were never deployed. Investigators do not yet know why. A final report may take one to two years.
“The speed brakes and the thrust reversers were not deployed.”
What matters most
Black box data shows the crew called a go-around, then reversed it, and the plane's main braking tools were never deployed.
