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Monday, August 19, 2013
Federal investigators say they didn’t find any problems with the controls of a UPS cargo jet that crashed before landing and killed two pilots. The Associated Press reports a member of the National Transportation Safety Board says the cockpit controls of the Airbus A300 appeared to be working before the crash.
These comments came on Saturday, two days after investigators recovered the flight data recorders and sent them to Washington D.C. for analysis. According to the AP, investigators say a cockpit warning went off seconds before the crash which indicate the plane was descending faster than normal.
The plane’s flight data recorder reportedly showed the autopilot was engaged when the plane crashed on Wednesday, but an NTSB member is reported as saying that is not unusual.
Reuters reports NTSB investigators have also been sent to Louisville, Kentucky, to review maintenance records of the cargo jet. According to Reuters, pilot Cerea Beal Jr. had about 8,600 hours of total flying experience, including more than 3,200 hours in the Airbus A300.
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Keywords: National Transportation Safety Board,NTSB,UPS,cargo jet,A300,Airbus,Shuttlesworth International Airport,Birmingham
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