Overview
- The Boeing 767, which overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6, traveled roughly 1,300 feet past the runway, broke through the perimeter fence, struck a Professional Ocean Service cleaning van inside the airport and then hit a Toyota SUV outside the airport.
- Five people who were inside the van were killed and have been publicly identified by Miami-Dade authorities as Rolando Aleman Leon, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Julio C. Pineda, Carlos Acosta Fajardo and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, while several other people remain hospitalized.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is on site and has recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders; preliminary recorder information suggests the crew may have initiated an aborted landing after touchdown and investigators are still analyzing systems, crew actions and perishable evidence.
- A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the widow of Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo names Amazon, Amazon Air, 21 Air LLC, the two pilots and other parties and alleges pilot error, inadequate training and flaws related to the aircraft; attorneys say complaints may be amended as the probe continues.
- The crash is raising questions about the contractor operating model used by Amazon, FAA oversight of contract carriers and the lack of an engineered arresting system at the runway end, and the incident is likely to prompt review of airport overrun protections and carrier practices.