The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board called the Amazon Air cargo plane crash a 'mystery.'
."But the NTSB has 52 years of experience solving such mysteries, and I'm confident we will get to the bottom of this."of the preliminary review :There are times during the recording when the content of crew discussion is difficult to determine, at other times the content can be determined using advanced audio filtering.
Crew communications consistent with a loss control of the aircraft began approximately 18 seconds prior to the end of the recording. "The aircraft was in what I would characterize as a normal descent," Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety BoardIt fell from 6,525 feet to 3,025 feet in 30 seconds, according to FlightRadar 24. The FAA then issued an alert notice. There was no distress call.
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