The Latest: Employer IDs 1 person on board cargo plane
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a plane crash site in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Boeing 767 cargo plane went down approximately 30 miles southeast of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
A helicopter flies overhead as emergency personnel work the scene of a plane crash site in Trinity Bay in Anahuac, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Boeing 767 cargo plane went down approximately 30 miles southeast of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
The Latest on the crash of a Boeing 767 jet freighter into Trinity Bay in Texas (all times local):
9:35 p.m.
An airline has identified one of the three people on board a Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed into a coastal bay near Houston.
Mesa Airlines issued a statement Sunday night confirming that Capt. Sean Archuleta was on Atlas Air flight 3591, which went down Saturday afternoon in Trinity Bay about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Houston. The other two people have not yet been identified.
Mesa Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ornstein called the deaths "a loss for all of aviation." Archuleta had been a pilot for Mesa since 2013.
Atlas Air said in a statement earlier Sunday that it had confirmed all three people died in the crash. The airline said its "primary focus is working to provide the families of those affected with care and support."
Atlas was operating the flight for Amazon when it crashed.
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4:30 p.m.
A southeast Texas sheriff says a second body has been recovered from the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed and the search is ongoing for the third.
Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne gave the update at a Sunday afternoon press conference with officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI. Hawthorne says crews remain in an active recovery mode at Trinity Bay, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Houston.
Atlas Air earlier said it had confirmed all three people aboard the plane died.
NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt says security video from a jail about a mile away showed the plane heading toward the ground nose first. Sumwalt also says no distress call was given before the wreck.
The FBI asked that anyone with debris on their property contact authorities.
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4 p.m.
The owner of a Boeing 767 cargo plane that crashed into Trinity Bay in southeast Texas has confirmed that all three members of the aircraft crew died in the crash.
In a statement issued Sunday afternoon , Atlas Air confirmed the deaths and said its "primary focus is working to provide the families of those affected with care and support."
Atlas Air said it was flying flight 3591 for Amazon. The jumbo jet had departed from Miami and was likely moments from landing at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when witnesses said it crashed nose first into the bay. The wreck happened about 12:45 p.m. Saturday, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Houston.
Aside from the crew members, searchers are focused on finding and recovering the black boxes that investigators hope will provide clues to the cause of the crash.
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9:50 a.m.
Search and recovery crews have recovered one body from the site where a Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed into a coastal bay near Houston with three people aboard.
The Chambers County Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that the body was recovered late Saturday night from the waters of Trinity Bay.
Atlas Air said it was flying flight 3591 for Amazon. The jumbo jet had departed from Miami and was likely moments from landing at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston when witnesses said it crashed nose-first into the bay. The crash happened about 12:45 p.m. Saturday, about 35 miles (55 kilometers) east of Houston.
Aside from crew members, the searchers are focused on finding and recovering the black boxes investigators hope will provide clues to the cause of the crash.