5 Killed as Amazon Cargo Plane Overshoots Miami Runway, Black Boxes Found
Federal investigators have recovered both flight recorders from an Amazon cargo plane that overran a runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people and injuring five others on the ground. Hundreds of flight operations faced delays at Florida’s busiest aviation hub as search crews prioritized victim recovery and site clearance across the wreckage zone.
Jet traveled 1,300 feet past runway before hitting airport and road vehicles
An Econoline cleaning-services van carrying seven people on airport grounds took the direct strike before the aircraft plowed through a perimeter fence, smashed an SUV on a public roadway, and came to a halt near a second fence line bordering a robotaxi parking lot.
The Boeing 767, constructed in 1994 and operated by Miami-based 21 Air LLC under contract to Amazon, was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third flight of the day when it stopped 1,300 feet past the paved surface. National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy confirmed the recovery of both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder for federal laboratory testing, noting that all casualties occurred within the two ground vehicles struck along the impact path.
