Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 operating as Prime Air flight 7598 landed at Miami International and overran runway 30 on Sunday, crossing the airport perimeter, striking multiple vehicles on Northwest 67th Avenue and catching fire.
- Miami-Dade officials confirmed five people were killed and five injured, with three in critical condition, and rescue crews removed the flight crew and extracted people trapped in vehicles during a large firefighting and extrication operation.
- The FAA ordered an immediate ground stop and MIA temporarily closed runways before partially reopening later the same day, causing major delays during the Labor Day holiday period.
- Federal teams from the NTSB and FAA have deployed to recover flight data, maintenance records and air-traffic communications while investigators examine hypotheses including a long or unstable landing, touchdown point, touchdown speed, braking systems and local wind.
- The freighter was built in the mid-1990s and converted to cargo in 2015, and experts note that Miami lacks FAA-certified engineered materials arrestor systems, a safety feature that can slow overrunning aircraft and which investigators and regulators may scrutinize as the probe continues.