NTSB recovered the flight data recorder from the cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac. It will be transported to NTSB labs in DC for evaluation.
ANAHUAC, Texas – Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board located the second flight data recorder from the Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed near the Trinity Bay just over a week ago.
The flight data recorder box will be sent to the NTSB lab in Washington, officials said.
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Witnesses reported hearing loud noises coming from the plane’s engines before it plunged into the water off Chambers County.
The three people aboard the twin-engine Boeing 767, Sean Archuleta, Conrad Aska and Ricky Blakely, were killed.
In this photo, NTSB investigators along with representatives from Boeing and Texas Game Warden searching Trinity Bay for recorders from the cargo jet crash in Texas using pinger locator equipment to listen for the underwater locator beacon. (NTSB Photo)In this photo, NTSB investigators on shoreline of Trinity Bay examining wreckage from the Feb. 23, 2019 cargo jet crash in Texas. (NTSB Photo)In this photo taken Feb. 25, 2019, NTSB investigators launching drone to survey debris field of the Feb. 23, 2019, cargo jet crash in Texas. (NTSB Photo)In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2019, NTSB senior investigator Jim Hookey (on right) with Dan Kemme of GE aviation, examines wreckage recovered from the scene of the Feb. 23, 2019, cargo jet crash in Texas. (NTSB Photo)In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2019, NTSB senior investigator Jim Hookey (on right) with Dan Kemme of GE aviation, examines wreckage recovered from the scene of the Feb. 23, 2019, cargo jet crash in Texas. (NTSB Photo)This photo, taken on March 2, 2019, shows the cockpit voice recorder of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX being submerged in water. This procedure is done to rinse the recorder with reverse osmosis filter water before evaluating its content. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)This photo, taken on March 2, 2019, shows the cockpit voice recorder of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX being submerged in water. This procedure is done to rinse the recorder with reverse osmosis filter water before evaluating its content. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)This photo, taken on March 2, 2019, shows the cockpit voice recorder of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX being submerged in water. This procedure is done to rinse the recorder with reverse osmosis filter water before evaluating its content. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)In this photo, taken on March 2, 2019, NTSB engineer Joe Gregor removing cockpit voice recorder from cooler used to transport from accident scene of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)In this photo, taken on March 2, 2019, NTSB engineers Sean Payne (center) and Joe Gregor removing cockpit voice recorder from cooler used to transport from accident scene of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)In this photo, taken on March 2, 2019, NTSB engineers Sean Payne (center) and Joe Gregor opening cooler used to transport the cockpit voice recorder of the Feb. 23 cargo jet that crashed in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, TX. (NTSB photo taken by Keith Holloway)In this photo, taken on March 3, 2019, NTSB investigators and member of the recovery team retrieving the flight data recorder of the Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767-300 cargo jet, that crashed in the muddy marshland of Trinity Bay Feb. 23, 2019, about 30 miles from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. (NTSB photo)This photo, taken on March 3, 2019, shows the recovered flight data recorder of the Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767-300 cargo jet, that crashed in the muddy marshland of Trinity Bay Feb. 23, 2019, about 30 miles from Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport. (NTSB photo)
In this photo, NTSB investigators along with representatives from Boeing and Texas Game Warden searching Trinity Bay for recorders from the cargo jet crash in Texas using pinger locator equipment to listen for the underwater locator beacon. (NTSB Photo)
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