Evidence suggests pilots considered aborting landing in Miami cargo plane crash

On Tuesday, Sept. 8, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board disclosed that information recovered from a flight data recorder indicated the flight crew may have weighed aborting the landing of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane prior to its deadly crash in Miami, which claimed the lives of five people on the ground.

The 32-year-old Boeing 767, operated by Miami-based 21 Air, overran the runway by roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) before slamming into two vehicles on the ground Sunday, leaving five people dead and five others injured.

Jennifer Homendy, the NTSB's chair, said investigators are scheduled to interview both pilots on Wednesday.

According to the NTSB, the recorder data show the nose and right main landing gear touched down 30 seconds before the recording ended, while the left main gear made contact 19 seconds before the conclusion.

A short time later, the pilots released the brakes and increased the throttles to levels corresponding to go-around thrust, the board noted.

The NTSB also stated that the recorded data provided no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers had been deployed.