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Commuter Airliner Crashes Less Than 30 Minutes After Takeoff

Black Box Down

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What Happened to the Pilots?

The plane was going 93 knots when it crashed, which is the equivalent of about 107 miles an hour or 172 kilometers an hour. The captain called for a go around because he thought they were coming in too slow and that would cause them to stalling. But then the plane rolls 80 degrees to the right and just hits the ground.

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