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Amazon Cargo Plane Overruns Miami Runway, Kills Five

Federal and local investigators are on site as the disabled Boeing 767 and fuel cleanup keep Miami International operationally constrained and extend flight delays.

Overview

  • An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 freighter operated by 21 Air overran Runway 30 at Miami International and crossed a perimeter road on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and catching fire.
  • Miami-Dade officials confirmed five people died and five were injured; some injured are in critical condition and officials have not yet said whether the fatalities were inside vehicles or on board.
  • More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units and roughly 200 personnel used foam and technical rescue teams to fight fires, contain a fuel leak and extricate victims including the trapped pilot and co-pilot.
  • The NTSB has launched a go team and the FAA opened an investigation that will examine crew actions, aircraft systems such as brakes and reverse thrust, runway surface and weather at the time of landing.
  • All runways and taxiways were closed during the response and a ground stop and later restrictions produced widespread cancellations and delays with impacts expected to continue while the wreckage is removed and the investigation proceeds.