The NTSB said the muddy marshland of Trinity Bay, about 40 miles south of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), where Atlas Air 3591 crashed on February 23 made recovering the voice and data recorders from the airplane a challenge. The Boeing 767, carrying cargo for both Amazon and the U.S. Postal service, was approaching IAH when it went down, killing the three people aboard.
NTSB Releases an Initial CVR Review of Atlas Air 3591
Key Takeaways:
- Atlas Air Flight 3591 crashed in Trinity Bay, killing three people, with recovery of the flight recorders made challenging by the muddy marshland.
- Preliminary Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) analysis revealed crew communications consistent with a loss of control began approximately 18 seconds before the recording ended, despite overall poor audio quality.
- The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) contains 54 hours of data from 17 flights, detailing 350 aircraft parameters, and is currently undergoing verification and validation by NTSB investigators.
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