Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 freighter operating as Prime Air Flight 7598 for Amazon and flown by contractor 21 Air overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport on Sunday and crossed a perimeter road before striking multiple vehicles and igniting a fire.
- Miami-Dade officials confirmed at least five people were killed and five others injured; emergency crews performed complex extrications of the flight crew and vehicle occupants and managed a continuing fuel leak.
- More than 60 fire units and roughly 200 personnel responded to fight the blaze, secure the scene and recover victims as firefighters used foam to suppress jet-fuel fires and stabilize the aircraft.
- The NTSB has dispatched a go team and the FAA opened an inquiry; investigators will analyze flight data and cockpit voice recorders, braking and reverse-thrust systems, touchdown point, runway surface and nearby weather reports.
- The crash forced a ground stop and major delays at MIA and renewed scrutiny of airport safety measures because the runway end involved lacks an engineered material arresting system that can stop overrunning aircraft.