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A Boeing 767 cargo plane crashed on Saturday outside Houston, just minutes before its scheduled arrival. Susana Victoria Perez has more.
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Authorities say they have found a body while they continue to look for clues on Sunday in an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash near Houston.

The Boeing 767 operated by Atlas Air was a regular cargo flight between Amazon and Miami between Amazon and Houston. He disappeared from the radar on Saturday and apparently plunged into a swampy area about 30 miles from the George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

Three people were aboard the plane, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne said it was unlikely that anyone survived around 12:45 pm. crash. Hawthorne Saturday asked anyone with a video or images of the accident to submit it to investigators.

Witnesses said they heard the engines of the plane making waves and watching the craft turn sharply before sinking into the plane, Hawthorne said.

"It's probably an accident for which no one would survive," Hawthorne said.

The identity of the three people on board has not yet been unveiled and federal investigators help local authorities search the wreckage looking for aircraft boxes, which could help to explain the accident. Investigators said the debris left by the accident had scattered a large area of ​​Trinity Bay.

AccuWeather's meteorologists suggested the weather could be the cause: "At the time of the accident, there were a few bursts of gusty winds in the Houston area and although an investigation is needed, it was taking place in the area and could have been an accident factor, "said Alan Reppert, Senior Meteorologist at AccuWeather.

Investigators say that they use a mix of boats and rubber boats to search swampy and swampy areas. People who worked nearby were among the first to reach the wreckage, reported KHOU-TV.

"The reason we were leaving was to see if we could save someone," Jason Campbell, boat mechanic, shoes, said, "that kind of stuff is floating everywhere." "

Amazon and Atlas officials said they were cooperating with the investigation.

"All members of the company are deeply saddened by this event," said Atlas Air in a statement. "Our top priority right now is to care for those affected and we will do everything we can to support them now and in the days and weeks ahead."

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