Ep. 1835 - Pilots Saw This Disaster Coming. No One Listened.

**Matt Walsh** (0:00)
We have uncovered new information and accusations about the cargo airline operating the Amazon Prime airplane that crashed in Miami on Sunday, killing five people in a van inside the airport perimeter, and in Toyota Corolla outside the perimeter. This cargo airline called 21 Air has a documented history of hiring foreigners who can't follow instructions from air traffic controllers, as well as a reputation for hiring incompetent pilots who can't pass basic training at other airlines, according to industry professionals who say they have firsthand knowledge of the company's operations. Now, we're going to go through the evidence we have in a moment, as well as the implications for air travel in this country, which as we've discussed many times before, is increasingly dangerous and third world. We will begin with the footage of the crash itself, which was presumably shot by a plane spotter or someone who noticed the plane was having difficulty. As you watch this, you will immediately realize that the pilots are responsible for the disaster. I mean, there's no question about it. They practically dive bombed the runway and they don't even get all the wheels down until they're roughly halfway down the tarmac, but watch and see for yourself. Here it is.
Now, there's really no need for an aviation expert to analyze the footage. Anyone who's ever seen a plane land at any point in their lives understands the problem. This was a very unstable approach. They were not descending in a steady, predictable pattern. Instead, they were far too high and too fast. And indeed, according to radar data, they crossed a waypoint about four miles from the runway at 1,400 feet, which is 600 feet above where they should have been. The left main gear is clearly off of the runway for an extended period of time, even after the other landing gear make contact with the runway. And that means the plan can't stop effectively because none of the systems that slow the plane down, the spoilers, the brakes, or the reverse thrusters, will work effectively or at all if the landing gear aren't on the ground. Now you can see from this reconstruction just how long it took for these pilots to put the plane on the ground. It's not even close really. So according to the website Flight Radar, the plane was going 183 knots, ground speed, not airspeed, at just 500 feet above the ground. So they're about twice as high as they should have been, probably going around 30 to 40% too fast. Now there could very well be a variety of reasons for why the plane wasn't able to fly a normal approach. It's quite possible that the wind contributed. Obviously thunderstorms were visible behind the plane. As reported by meteorologist John Morales, there was a tailwind gust at the time this plane was landing, coming from the south at around 30 miles an hour. Normally planes don't land with a tailwind because it's too dangerous, and until a few minutes before the plane touched down, there was no tailwind at all. There was actually a small headwind coming from the west until the winds suddenly shifted. So yes, it's conceivable that the wind shifted at the last minute, making this approach substantially more difficult. And additionally, it's also possible that the pilots simply weren't paying attention to their airspeed or altitude. Now, whatever the case, really doesn't matter because whatever a plane flies an unstable approach this close to the runway, in every case, pilots are supposed to execute a go-around. That means they're supposed to abort the landing, apply full throttle, and come around for another pass, or divert to an alternate airport if necessary. This is the failsafe that solves all of these issues, and it's not optional. They were descending at a rate of 2,000 feet per minute on their final approach, when the normal range is 500 to 800 feet per minute. Anything over 1,000 feet per minute on the descent is automatically an unstable approach that requires a go-around. That's not even considering how long it took them to actually put the plane on the ground. They blew past at least a third of the runway, which is another reason for a go-around.
At any point, as they were flying over the runway, and even as the landing gear first made contact, they could have aborted. Instead, they drove the plane off the runway, onto a perimeter road, and they killed several people. In short, the only conceivable explanation for this crash is that the pilots had no business flying an airplane of any kind, much less a massive cargo plane. That's not really a debatable point. The footage makes it very clear. We don't need to wait for the federal government to conclude a five-year investigation to determine that the pilots caused this crash due to their manifest incompetence. So now the relevant questions are, who were the pilots exactly?