{"id":2135756,"date":"2026-09-09T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135756"},"modified":"2026-09-09T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T09:56:00","slug":"one-of-two-pilots-said-his-career-was-over-right-after-deadly-amazon-plane-crash-witness-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2135756","title":{"rendered":"One of Two Pilots Said His Career Was Over Right After Deadly Amazon Plane Crash, Witness Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/db\/16by9\/2026\/09\/09\/dbd2b462db254d5ba970cf55f5c38b4b_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">One of Two Pilots Said His Career Was Over Right After Deadly Amazon Plane Crash, Witness Claims<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Amazon Cargo Plane Pilot<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Said His Career Was Over &#8230;<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-none h2\">After 5 People Died In Crash<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-09T05:56:00-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 9, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:56 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-00b3187822e876f598ec74bad2702e61\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260909_dbd2b462db254d5ba970cf55f5c38b4b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:daa23b61-24ee-4d7b-bd28-45e225dcaff9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/db\/4by3\/2026\/09\/09\/dbd2b462db254d5ba970cf55f5c38b4b_md.jpg\" alt=\"main-amazon-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1f112bc959cad03a90851634929bbb49\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>One of the two pilots involved in Sunday&#8217;s deadly Amazon cargo plane crash reportedly said his career was over just moments after the disaster that killed 5 people.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3cabbfa16d53df7fbebb471f52c041f2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The National Transportation Safety Board identified the two pilots of the cargo jet as <strong>Felipe Silva Molina<\/strong> and <strong>Joseph Carroll<\/strong>, both of whom escaped the crash with just minor injuries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ac73587ccaec1906a5bff9681d6ba276\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-ac73587ccaec1906a5bff9681d6ba276-301027173-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n      <a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NewsNowUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Posts by NewsNowUS<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section 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Five people were killed, and five others were injured.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-08b219f3436dd084e77045dad6f397d8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-b91804d5-9243-4c3f-a6a1-96a27c07a57e-1225392627-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e1\/16by9\/2026\/09\/06\/e13f90aaef3946d6bee3618f134d6192_md.png\" alt=\"090626_miami_plane_crash_scene_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-b91804d5-9243-4c3f-a6a1-96a27c07a57e-1225392627-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">AFTER THE IMPACT<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/amazone-plane-seen-following-dramatic-crash-in-miami-09-06-2026\/\">Video: Amazon Plane Seen Following Dramatic Crash In Miami<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-7096f6030aaeb7733205df1ad52b3ba3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Abraham Altamar<\/strong>, an employee at a building near the airport, rushed over to help one of the pilots, who asked for a phone so he could call his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5cf1611f23c0af7c091416e21cddd1e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/amazon-plane-crash-pilot-shaking-miami-witness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CBS<\/strong><\/a>, Altamar said he gave his phone to the pilot, who was &#8220;shaking and, a little injured in his forehead and his hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-bd5042bf7e8f301e444adb868b54d64a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-5c4b4498-a318-4116-8bd1-eb089356cd3a-1618837219-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c8\/16by9\/2026\/09\/07\/c8a307cc6d6349508e84708fe1381653_md.png\" alt=\"mian kal\" width=\"728\" 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