The two pilots of the business jet that crashed at Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in 2014, killing one, appeared to have lost control during an attempted landing in gusty, variable tailwinds as the tower implored the crew to go around. The NTSB's factual report from the Jan. 5, 2014, crash, released this week, said the Bombardier CL-600-2B16 initially flew a missed approach. When asked for intentions, one of the pilots said, "we turn back and do another approach. We got a tailwind of 30 knots." Surveillance video shows the jet, with one passenger, was in its second landing attempt when it touched down briefly, bounced and then smashed into the runway, flipping over and catching on fire. The copilot was killed while the pilot and passenger were seriously injured.
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