Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 operating for Amazon by contractor 21 Air overran runway 30 while landing at Miami International, crossed the airport perimeter and struck vehicles on a roadside on Sunday afternoon.
- Authorities confirmed five people were killed and five injured and said the fatalities occurred in two ground vehicles that the aircraft struck while the two flight crew survived.
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed more than 60 units to fight an engine fire, extricate victims and secure the scene, and MIA temporarily halted operations before partially reopening runways later that day.
- The NTSB and FAA opened a priority investigation, recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, and are examining maintenance records, the aircraft’s freighter conversion, crew actions, weather and runway safety features including the absence of an EMAS arrestor.
- The crash puts focus on subcontracted cargo operations and older converted freighters and could prompt regulatory reviews of contractor oversight and airport end-of-runway protections that affect public safety near busy terminals.