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

Data from the NTSB indicates that a pilot warned their co-pilot about the Amazon cargo plane's "excessive speed" shortly before a fatal crash. This warning was met with an "uneven response" even as alarms, including a "too low terrain" callout, sounded.

2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBrandon DrenonBBC News - WorldFiled 2026-09-10 · 16:31 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min
Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows
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Data from the NTSB indicates that a pilot warned their co-pilot about the Amazon cargo plane's "excessive speed" shortly before a fatal crash. This warning was met with an "uneven response" even as alarms, including a "too low terrain" callout, sounded. Aviation attorney Pablo Rojas suggested this indicates a "doomed approach." Further data revealed that the aircraft's flaps, crucial for slowing down for landing, were deployed late in the sequence, potentially due to the pilots reacting to their high speed. The plane, Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598, overshot the runway, struck ground equipment and vehicles, resulting in the deaths of five plane-cleaning crew members.

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Five people in the van died in the crash.

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The plane struck equipment, a van, and a car after overshooting the runway.

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There was an electronic 'too low terrain' callout during the flight.

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

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The flap deployment happened much later in the accident sequence, possibly due to pilots responding to excessive speed.

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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."But, it really confirms that this was, in a way, a doomed approach," he said. 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."After it overshot the runway, the plane - Amazon-prime-air-flight-7598" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="202517" data-entity-type="event">Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 - struck equipment on the ground, hit a white Ford van, then continued onward through a perimeter fence. It then collided with a Toyota Corolla, before coming to rest about 1,300ft (394m) beyond the runway. The five who died were part of a plane-cleaning crew in the van. Miami authorities on Tuesday identified them as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.
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