Pilot in Fatal Atlas Crash Had Repeated Flight-Test Failures
- ‘You have my soul’ pilot says in final seconds before impact
- NTSB sees possible pilot disorientation in dive near Houston
Emergency personnel work the scene of a plane crash site in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, Texas on Feb. 23.
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A pilot on a jet carrying Amazon.com Inc. packages that crashed near Houston in February had a record of repeatedly flunking flight tests and may have become disoriented in clouds, according to newly released documents.
The pilot mistakenly thought the plane’s nose was pointed too high and jerked the jet down so steeply that the Boeing Co. 767 dove into a marsh, even as the captain fought to pull up, according to National Transportation Safety Board records released Thursday.