Amazon-Operated Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, Kills Five on Ground

Overview

• A Boeing 767-300 operated by 21 Air for Amazon Prime Air ran off the runway after landing and traveled about 400 meters off pavement before breaching perimeter fencing and striking a van and an SUV, authorities said.
• Five people who were in the van and the SUV died and five others were injured, with rescue crews extricating the pilots and victims and treating several people in serious condition.
• Investigators recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and sent them to the NTSB laboratory in Washington for analysis, and the agency has dispatched a multi-person field team to Miami.
• The FAA and airport authorities temporarily suspended surface operations and closed runways after the Sunday crash, causing hundreds of flight delays and cancellations before most services resumed.
• The jet was a 32-year-old Boeing 767-300 operated by 21 Air; companies involved, including Amazon and Boeing, have said they will cooperate with the federal investigation as officials work to identify a probable cause.