Amazon Air cargo plane operated by Atlas crashes in Texas, killing 3 on board

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Amazon Air cargo plane operated by Atlas crashes in Texas, killing 3 on board

An Atlas cargo plane flying on behalf of Amazon Air

— Amazon’s own freight delivery service that competes with FedEx and UPS, among others —

has crashed outside Houston, Texas, killing three people on board.

Amazon and Atlas both confirmed the accident with short statements. Neither provided any details on the nature of the accident.

TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/23/amazon-prime-air-crash/

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