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The FAA is reporting that an Amazon Prime Air 767 operated by Atlas Air (N1217A) has gone down in Anahuac, Texas, in the Trinity Bay. The plane was operating from Miami (MIA) to Houston (IAH) under Atlas Air Flight 3591.

The FAA has issued the following statement

#FAA statement regarding a twin-engine Boeing 767 cargo jetliner crash near Anahuac, TX today around 12:45 p.m. CT. pic.twitter.com/7x2f0wYwcG — The FAA (@FAANews) February 23, 2019

Search and rescue efforts are underway, as the plane did appear to go down in the bay. There were a reported 3 people on board the aircraft at the time. Our thoughts and prayers are with them. @AirlineFlyer Jason Rabinowitz took a photograph of the plane just this morning at Miami International Airport as seen below.

I’m at @iflymia and I believe I happened to see this aircraft shortly before departure. This is likely the last photo of this aircraft. pic.twitter.com/ApHUljVJhy — Jason Rabinowitz (@AirlineFlyer) February 23, 2019

The plane was said to have gone down around 12:45 PM central time. Data from FlightRadar24 did not seem too out of the ordinary as the plane was in decent 30 miles southeast of the airport. The plane was 26 years old having flown for LAN, China Southern, and Canadian Airlines in its lifetime before being converted for cargo use.

Boeing has issued the following statement

Boeing is aware of media reports of a 767 freighter accident in Texas and is gathering more information. — Boeing Airplanes (@BoeingAirplanes) February 23, 2019

It is being reported that no distress call was made

Preliminary indication according to a person familiar with the Atlas Air crash was there was no distress call from the 767 prior to the accident. #5Y3591 — Jon Ostrower (@jonostrower) February 23, 2019

Initial visuals from local news outlets did not look promising as it looks like the plane scattered into small pieces of debris over a very large field. Local emergency service representatives are saying that the plane entered in a noise dive position and that survival was unlikely, whether that is true is yet to be confirmed. The NTSB has dispatched a team to the area to conduct a full investigation

Image of the 767 plane crash in Chambers County, east of Houston. https://t.co/dQIO0yoHsj pic.twitter.com/16afzHBcrT — KHOU 11 News Houston (@KHOU) February 23, 2019





UPDATE: Three people confirmed dead, security footage obtained outlining the aircraft in a steep nose-down attitude. FAA Go Teams and Boeing representatives on the scene with police.

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Feature image via twitter @AirlineFlyer