Amazon cargo plane crashes in Texas, leaving three passengers dead

Authorities in Texas say "there are no signs of survivors" after an Amazon cargo plane crashed into the shallow waters of Trinity Bay near Houston on Saturday.

Search and rescue crews are combing through the wreckage of a Boeing 767 cargo jet that was heading to the Houston International Airport.

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There is nothing intact left of the aircraft, and the debris field is scattered over three-quarters of a mile.

The crash happened about 12:45 local time in Anahuac, about an hour east of Houston. The plane was flying from Miami to Houston and crashed into Trinity Bay -- a shallow mud marsh with water that's between zero and 5 feet deep.

According to the plane's tail number, it is an Amazon Prime Air flight. The flight was being operated by Atlas Air.

The Federal Aviation Association said it issued an alert on the flight after losing radar and radio contact with the plane about 30 miles southeast of Bush Intercontinental Airport. The plane is believed to have one into a nose dive before crashing.

Atlas Air says the three people on board and their family members are its top priority right now.

Amazon released a statement on the crash.

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the flight crew, their families and friends, along with the entire team at Atlas Air during this terrible tragedy. We appreciate the first responders who worked urgently to provide support," said David Clark, Amazon Senior VP of Worldwide Operations.

Boeing said in a tweet that it is prepared to provide technical assistance to the National Transportation Safety Board as it investigates the crash. Dive teams are searching for the black box on the plane and a total of seven agencies, including the FBI, Coast Guard and the FAA, are all investigating .

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