THE
THE SKY.
THE SKY. KING5 AVIATION SPECIALIST GLEN
FARLEY ON WHY THE WHERE
ACCIDENT
ACCIDENT IS GETTING SUCH SCRUTINY.
SCRUTINY.
SCRUTINY. >> BOEING HAS BUILT MORE THAN
1300 767 SINCE THE EARLY 1980S,
OUT OF ALL OF THOSE JETS ONLY
TWO OF THEM HAVE CRASHED IN
ACCIDENTS.
ACCIDENTS. THIS PLANE SUDDENLY GOING INTO
A NOSEDIVE, BUT, WHY?
THE 767 BEGAN FLYING FOR THE
AIRLINE IN 1982, 37 YEARS AGO.
BOEING IS STILL BUILDING THEM
AS FREIGHTERS AND TANKERS FOR
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
THAT IS A LOT OF FLYING OVER
FOUR DECADES.
FOUR DECADES. AIR SAFE.COM LISTING INCIDENTS
SUCH AS FUEL PROBLEMS WHERE
PILOTS RECOVERED AND 276 EVANS
USED AS WEAPONS BY THE 9/11
HIJACKERS, THE NUMBER OF
ACCIDENTS IS EXTREMELY LOW.
>> THIS AIRCRAFT WAS DESIGNED
WITH A LOT OF SAFETY FEATURES
IN MIND.
IN MIND.
IN MIND. OVER THE YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN
IMPROVEMENTS TO SYSTEMS AND
REQUIRING -- THAT THEY ARE EVEN
SAFER.
SAFER.
SAFER. >>
SAFER. >> THE ENGINEER THAT RUNS AIR
SAFE.COM.
SAFE.COM.
SAFE.COM. THE PLANE NOW IN COUNTLESS
PIECES, STREWN ALONG THE MONEY
BAY.
BAY.
BAY. WHILE NTSB INVESTIGATORS ARE
ALREADY EXAMINING SOME OF THE
PIECES RECOVERED, THERE IS MORE
TO AN INVESTIGATION THEN JUST
AIRPLANE PARTS.
AIRPLANE PARTS. AMAZON PRIME AIR PUBLICLY
LAUNCHING IN 2016, AND WHILE
AMAZON'S NAME IS ON THE
OUTSIDE, THE FLEET OF 40 JETS,
THE PLANES ARE ACTUALLY OWNED
AND OPERATED BY SEVERAL CARGO
AIRLINES IN THIS CASE ATLAS
AIR, AND UNHAPPY PILOTS HAVE
MADE REGULAR TRIPS TO AMAZON
SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS.
SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS. LAST YEAR PICKETING OUTSIDE OF
THE COMPANY'S SHAREHOLDERS
MEETING.
MEETING.
MEETING. >> PILOTS ARE LEAVING AT RECORD
NUMBERS, THE COMPANY CANNOT
HIRE PILOTS BECAUSE WE ARE SO
SUBSTANDARD, TO OUR
COMPETITORS.
COMPETITORS. >> SAYING AT LEAST WHEN IT
COMES DALLAS AIR.
>> THERE ARE ALWAYS BACKGROUND
ISSUES WITH EVERY AIRLINE.
WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING, AND
HOW HAPPY EMPLOYEES ARE.
ONE THING THAT DOES NOT STAND
OUT THERE IS NOTHING OUT THERE
THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM THE FAA
OR ANY OTHER ANYTHING THAT SAYS
THAT ATLAS AIR IS OPERATING IN
A WAY THAT IS ANYWAY IN SAFE --
ON THE SAFE.
>>> SINCE 2009 THERE'S ONLY
BEEN ONE PASSENGER FATALITY
ABOARD A U.S. AIRLINE THAT WAS
THE INCIDENT INVOLVING A WOMAN
THAT WAS PARTLY SUCKED OUT OF A
WINDOW ON A SOUTHWEST FLIGHT
LAST APRIL.
LAST APRIL. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR CRASH
OF A CARGO BASED AIRLINE IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. THE LAST ONE WAS IN 2013
KILLING TWO PILOTS ABOARD A UPS
OWN AIRBUS A 300, TRYING TO
LAND IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF
OTHERS OVERSEAS.
OTHERS OVERSEAS. >> THIS WAS A CARGO JET, ARE
THEY INVESTIGATED DIFFERENTLY,
CRASHES INVOLVING CARGO JETS
VERSUS PASSENGERS?
VERSUS PASSENGERS? >> THEY ARE NOT BUT I THINK
THAT THE PUBLIC ATTENTION TENDS
TO BE LESS, LARGELY BECAUSE THE
DEATH TOLL TENDS TO BE MUCH
LOWER.
LOWER.
LOWER. THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD HAS
MADE A STRONG CASE YESTERDAY
THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
INVESTIGATED VERY SERIOUSLY,
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF
OTHER 767 PASSENGER AIRPLANES
THEY WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED AND PREVENTED FROM
HAPPENING AGAIN.
HAPPENING AGAIN. >> IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN
HAPPEN ON A CARGO FREIGHTER
THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN OR DOES
HAPPEN ON A PASSENGER?
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS ONE IS
CALLED LOW SHIFT, BASICALLY
WHERE THE STRAPS BREAK AND
SOMETHING LIKE A HEAVY TRACTOR
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT MOVES
THE CENTER OF GRAVITY WHAT THEY
CALL THE CG IN AN AIRLINER IT
IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN THE
BALANCE ON THE WING.
THIS SEEMS UNLIKELY IN THIS
CASE BECAUSE WE THINK THAT
THESE PRIVATE AIRPLANES ARE
LOADED PRIMARILY WITH
CONTAINERS, RELATIVELY LIGHT
STUFF, WALKED TO THE FLOOR AND
IT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY UNLIKELY.
ONE OF THE DIFFERENCES HERE
THAT IS GOING TO PROBABLY GET
LOOKED AT IS THE AREA OF
FATIGUE.
FATIGUE.
FATIGUE. BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT
RULES, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT 767 PASSENGER
PLANES, 767 CARGO FREIGHTERS,
THERE ARE LESS RIGID RULES ON
PILOT FATIGUE FOR THE CARGO
PLANES WHICH HAS BEEN
CONTROVERSIAL NOW FOR YEARS.
>> ANY SIGNS SO FAR AFIRE?
COULD HAVE BEEN A BATTERY OR A
FIRE?
FIRE?
FIRE? >>
FIRE? >> THAT IS ANOTHER ISSUE I'VE
SEEN IT PLANES GOING DOWN
BECAUSE OF FIRE THE NTSB HAS
SAID THAT THERE IS NO
REGISTERED HAZARDOUS MATERIAL,
SO NOBODY DECLARED A HAZARDOUS
MATERIAL THAT WAS PUT ONTO THE
AIRPLANE.
AIRPLANE.
AIRPLANE. THAT