156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It

156 Atlas Air Crash Flight 3591 Explained & What GA Pilots Can Learn from It

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SummaryMax 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 informationNTSB: Abstract of the Final Report[ATC AUDIO] Prime Air 767 CRASH in Houston

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