A preliminary National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report says the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane in Miami were not warned about strong tailwinds before the aircraft crashed during landing, killing five people. The report describes a failure by an air traffic controller to provide the wind information pilots needed, including potential tailwind conditions.
The outlets report that the omission is notable because controllers are expected to communicate relevant wind data to aircraft. Beyond the wind warning, the report also addresses other circumstances surrounding the crash. The New York Times adds that the pilots had not worked together before the flight and that the aircraft was traveling at an unusually high speed when it struck the runway.
The coverage collectively emphasizes that the NTSB is still investigating, but the preliminary findings focus on what was (and was not) communicated to the flight crew and on operational factors the agency says were present at the time of the crash.
