Overview
- A Boeing 767 freighter carrying Amazon packages failed to stop on landing at Miami International Airport, ran off the runway, hit multiple vehicles and caught fire.
- Emergency crews rescued the two pilots from the burning plane and found at least five people dead and several others injured.
- Reports identify the aircraft as an airframe more than 30 years old that was converted to a freighter in 2015.
- Federal investigators have begun a probe and early accounts point to possible gusty winds on approach as a factor; Amazon said it is cooperating with authorities.
- The crash will likely prompt scrutiny of landing weather procedures and the safety oversight of older converted freighters and could affect airport operations and cargo carriers while the probe continues.