National Transportation Safety Board: First Officer, Captain Actions, Aviation Industry Practices, Led to Fatal Atlas Air Crash
July 15, 2020
July 15, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on July 14:
The National Transportation Safety Board determined during a public board meeting held Tuesday that Atlas Air flight 3591 crashed in Trinity Bay, Texas, because of the first officer's inappropriate response to an inadvertent activation of the airplane's go-around mode, resulting in his spatial disorientation that led him to place the airplane in a steep descent from which th . . .
The National Transportation Safety Board determined during a public board meeting held Tuesday that Atlas Air flight 3591 crashed in Trinity Bay, Texas, because of the first officer's inappropriate response to an inadvertent activation of the airplane's go-around mode, resulting in his spatial disorientation that led him to place the airplane in a steep descent from which th . . .