Pilots blame Atlas Air, FAA for 2019 freighter crash

Debris of an Amazon Air cargo plane scattered in a swamp in Trinity Bay, Texas. The plane was operated by Atlas Air and investigators say the probable cause is pilot error.

The union representing pilots at all-cargo carrier Atlas Air (NASDAQ: AAWW) strenuously objected to investigators’ findings that mistakes by the captain contributed to a deadly crash last year, blaming the company and aviation regulators for allegedly letting an unqualified co-pilot fly commercial aircraft.

A National Transportation Safety Board draft report this week attributed the accident’s probable cause to errors by the first officer in response to inadvertent activation of a switch that...

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