Overview
- A 21 Air‑operated Boeing 767 carrying Amazon cargo overran Miami International Airport Runway 30 on Sept. 6 and struck vehicles on the ground, killing five people and injuring others.
- Amazon announced it would pause operations with 21 Air on Sept. 13–14 and said shipments normally flown by 21 Air will move to other contracted carriers in its network.
- Preliminary summaries from the NTSB and its investigator in charge show cockpit warnings about excessive speed, an attempted go‑around after touchdown with thrust briefly increased, and no recorded deployment of speed brakes or thrust reversers.
- 21 Air says it is cooperating with investigators and stands by its safety policies while families have filed wrongful‑death litigation alleging pilot error, inadequate training, and operator failures.
- The pause is a commercial decision by Amazon rather than a regulator action and is likely to prompt closer scrutiny of contractor oversight, operational procedures for landings and go‑arounds, and potential changes to how Amazon assigns third‑party carriers.