Atlas Air Boeing 767 (freighter) crashes while landing in Houston

[brooklynite]

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[brooklynite]

1. Plane was carrying cargo for Amazon Prime

[Yonnie3]

2. Local reporting and live helo feed Update:video feed terminated

https://abc13.com/crews-responding-to-cargo-jet-crash-in-trinity-bay/5153229/


Edit to add: A TFR has moved them out of the immediate area, so the feed isn't much any more.

They've terminated the feed. None of it is up on the website now. Perhaps they'll put some clips up.

[brooklynite]

3. Live stream here

https://www.click2houston.com/news/boeing-767-cargo-jet-crashes-into-trinity-bay-3-people-aboard-faa-says

[Yonnie3]

4. The helicopter feed was chilling

Just a bunch of small debris floating in what looked like shallow water. A Coast Guard chopper was hovering and moving slowly along the debris field.

[Yonnie3]

5. They now have some of that footage up

https://abc13.com/crews-responding-to-cargo-jet-crash-in-trinity-bay/5153229/

[Laffy Kat]

6. Tragic. Three crew members, no survivors.

I did not hear the weather conditions at the time, although it looked relatively mild on the ground, maybe just a touch windy.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. Nosed in, according to the Sheriff reporting eyewitnesses in the video linked above.

Tragic. Utterly so.


This reminds me of the ValueJet flight 592 crash back in 1996. The similarities of the crash are remarkable.

That aircraft had a fire in the hold that propagated up through the floor of the cockpit. The horror of the final moments for the crew and passengers must have been unbelievable

Something equally as catastrophic and fast happened with this cargo plane, I suspect.

They drove it nose first into a swamp. There won't be much left at all.

I'm not a religious man by any means, but may those crew rest in peace and have forever fair skies and a following wind.

[Blue Owl]

9. With ya -- heart goes out to the families and friends of the lost crew...

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. Also, K & R'd with a heavy heart.