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3 Victims From Amazon Cargo Plane Crash Identified
Officials confirmed that pilot Sean Archuleta, Capt. Ricky Blakely and First Officer Conrad Jules Aska were killed In Atlas Air Flight 3591
ANAHUAC, TX — The three crew members killed in a plane crash on Trinity Bay in Chambers County last weekend have been identified. Officials confirmed Monday that pilot Sean Archuleta, Capt. Ricky Blakely and First Officer Conrad Jules Aska were killed when Atlas Air Flight 3591 crashed in only a few feet of water.
The plane was en route from Miami to Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when it crashed last weekend.
Officials have yet to determine what caused the 767 cargo plane, which was operated on behalf of Amazon, to nosedive into the area of the bay known as Jack's Pocket.
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Officials are still looking for the black box, which investigators hope will tell them why the plane crashed.
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