Atlas Air

FlightGlobal | February 24, 2019

The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a “go team” from Washington, DC to the crash site, which is near the town of Baytown, Texas, not far from Houston, says the agency on Twitter.Additionally, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Houston office has sent staff to the site, including evidence response teams and crisis management personnel, that agency says.Atlas Air says none of the three people on board the aircraft survived the accident. "This is a sad ...

FlightGlobal | February 24, 2019

US investigators are converging on the site where the 767-300ER Freighter crashed into the water on 23 February, killing three people on board. An Atlas Air Boeing 767-300ER Freighter operating as online retailer Amazon's Prime Air has crashed near Houston following a flight from Miami.The aircraft (MSN 25865) operating Atlas Air flight 3591 "crashed into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, shortly before 12:45pm [local time] today", the US Federal Aviation Administration says in a st...

Atlas Air | September 07, 2020

On September 5th, an Atlas Air 767-300 heading from Honolulu (Hawaii) to the US territory of Guam was forced to divert back to Honolulu. The decision was made after the aircraft’s right-hand engine had suffered repeated engine surges/compressor stalls. While the plane landed safely and no injuries were reported, some terrifying passenger video of the engine emitting flames was posted to the internet....

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Boeing | January 07, 2022

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Atlas Air Worldwide today announced an order for four 777 Freighters. The order, placed in December, rounds out a record-setting 2021 for Boeing's freighter family including new-production and converted models. Boeing has forecast that the global freighter fleet will grow by 70% in the next 20 years, with freight carriers such as Atlas Air supporting a rapidly expanding global e-commerce business and evolving supply chains. "We are exci...