Jul 17, 2020
156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It
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Summary
Max Trescott’s 156 Atlas Air Crash,
Flight 3591 explained and what GA pilots can Learn from It. Max
plays clips from the 4-hour NTSB Board meeting on the Atlas Air
crash. The flight was normal until the 767 suddenly plummeted from
6,000 feet into a bay near Houston. Like most accidents, there were
many factors that led to the crash. The event started when the
First Officer accidentally engaged GA mode.
Mentioned in the Show
NTSB Atlas
Air Crash Recreation Video
NTSB Board
Meeting: Atlas Air Flight 3591 Cargo Plane Crash
NTSB: Links to the accident
docket and other publicly released information
NTSB: Abstract of the Final
Report
[ATC AUDIO] Prime Air
767 CRASH in Houston
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