Amazon Cargo Jet Dove Steeply Into Bay Near Houston, Video Shows
- Boeing 767 made sudden descent from 5,800 feet, data shows
- Pilots were heard discussing how to bypass thunderstorms
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A widebody cargo plane hauling packages for Amazon abruptly dove and slammed into a bay at high speed on Saturday as it was preparing to land in Houston. All three people on board were killed.
The Boeing Co. 767-300, operated by Atlas Air on a flight that had departed from Miami, disappeared from radar and lost radio contact, landing about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, said Robert Sumwalt, the National Transportation Safety Board chairman who’s leading the investigation.