Despite regulations requiring the warning, an air traffic controller failed to tell the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds as they landed in Miami, careening off the runway and killing five people last month, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board. Just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, the AP reports, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight, noting gusts of up to 25mph from the south. But the controller "did not issue information about the wind" to the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane, the report, released Thursday, said.
According to federal regulations, "both wind direction and velocity were required to be stated when authorizing use of a runway when a tail wind component exists," the report said. The plane came in fast after a flight from Puerto Rico and barreled roughly 1,200 feet past the end of the runway at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6. It smashed into a van, killing five people inside and injuring three others. The two pilots had minor injuries. A summary of cockpit voice recordings previously released by the NTSB said one of the pilots repeatedly warned the other that they were going too fast during the approach for landing and after touchdown.
But the fellow pilot never gave "a consistent verbal response," the NTSB has said. The pilots did not at any point deploy the plane's speed brakes or thrust reversers, data show, per the Washington Post. The two pilots had flown together for the first time earlier that day, according to the preliminary report.
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