Overview
- A Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air for Amazon landed long at Miami International Airport and ran about 1,300 feet past Runway 30 on Sunday before breaking through the perimeter fence and striking a cleaning van and an SUV.
- NTSB summaries from recovered cockpit voice and flight data recorders show a pilot repeatedly warned the aircraft was “too fast,” automated sink‑rate and too‑low warnings sounded, the crew briefly advanced throttles consistent with a go‑around then returned to idle, and investigators found no record of speed brakes or thrust reversers deploying.
- Miami‑Dade officials identified the five people killed as members of a contracted cleaning crew who had just finished an eight‑hour shift; two other van occupants and the SUV driver were hospitalized with serious injuries.
- Families have filed wrongful‑death suits naming Amazon, 21 Air, the two pilots and leasing entities, alleging pilot error, inadequate training and failure to ensure the safety of a 32‑year‑old converted freighter.
- Investigators remain on scene and will interview the pilots and analyze maintenance, training and weather evidence before assigning probable cause, while the crash has intensified scrutiny of contractor-operated cargo flights and airport overrun protections.