The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300 that had departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico, in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration. Cargo airline 21 Air operated the aircraft for Amazon, an Amazon spokesperson stated in a press release.
The cargo airline didn’t instantly reply to an e mail searching for remark.
Reuters photographs after the crash confirmed the jet with its nostril on the bottom and tail tilted up. The appropriate aspect of the aircraft had what gave the impression to be scorch marks.
Amazon remains to be gathering particulars about what occurred, firm spokesperson Kelly Nantel stated. “We’re working intently with native authorities and officers to know precisely what occurred,” Nantel stated in a press release. “Proper now, our absolute precedence is the security, well-being, and care of everybody concerned.”
The Federal Aviation Administration stated it should examine the crash.
Sunday’s incident will not be the primary time an Amazon Prime Air aircraft has been concerned in a deadly crash. In February 2019, Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767-300 freighter working on behalf of Amazon Prime Air from Miami to Houston, entered a fast descent and crashed into Trinity Bay. All three individuals on board have been killed.
