Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 operating for Amazon by partner carrier 21 Air landed at Miami International Airport and overran the runway on Sunday before crossing a service road, striking multiple vehicles and catching fire.
- Local officials confirmed at least five people were killed and five injured, and NTSB leaders said the victims were occupants of the vehicles struck, including a cleaning truck with seven people aboard.
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed roughly 200 personnel and more than 60 fire vehicles to extract trapped pilots and vehicle occupants and to fight fuel-fed fires at the crash site.
- The NTSB recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and has begun sending them for analysis while early video and flight-tracking reports suggest a left main gear contact issue and high speed at overrun, findings that remain unverified.
- The crash forced full runway closures at MIA, caused widespread delays and cancellations, and raises questions about the safety of aging converted freighters used in Amazon’s air network as FAA and NTSB investigations continue.