Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 operated by contractor 21 Air for Amazon Air ran off the runway on Sunday at Miami International Airport and struck a service van and other vehicles, killing five contracted cleaning workers.
- Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder and accessed the data at the NTSB lab, which show a staggered landing-gear touchdown and rapid throttle and brake changes that suggest a possible attempted go-around.
- The NTSB reported no signs that speed brakes or thrust reversers were used and said it will interview the two pilots, identified as Joseph Carol and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, while collecting perishable evidence; a probable cause has not been determined.
- A civil lawsuit filed by the wife of one victim names Amazon, Amazon Air Cargo, the pilots and other operators and alleges pilot error, inadequate training and claims about the plane’s age; the pilots have been released from hospital care.
- The jet was carrying more than 14,000 kilograms of mostly contact lenses and Miami International Airport does not have an engineered material arresting system at the runway end, a gap that has renewed questions about runway-end protections and contractor operations after the deaths.