Accidents
Atlas Air 767 Entered Steep Dive Before Impact with Texas Bay
A low tide has hampered efforts to recover the FDR and CVR from the Boeing 767-300ER freighter that crashed Saturday near Houston.
An Atlas Air Boeing 767 approaches Miami International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by N1_Photography)
An Atlas Air Boeing 767 approaches Miami International Airport. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by N1_Photography)

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Robert Sumwalt told reporters Sunday that video footage shows an Atlas Air Boeing 767-300ER “in a steep descent, steep nose-down attitude” several seconds before the converted freighter hit shallow marshland along the Texas gulf coast Saturday afternoon, killing the two-person flight crew and a jumpseating passenger onboard.