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What are crash investigations?
When a plane crashes, like the Amazon cargo plane in Miami, specialist teams from organisations like the NTSB in the US immediately begin a detailed investigation. They gather evidence from the scene, interview witnesses, and analyse flight recorders to determine exactly what went wrong and prevent similar incidents in the future.
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