Overview
- A Boeing 767-300 operating as Prime Air/21 Air flight 7598 overran runway 30 at Miami International Airport on Sunday and continued past the airport fence into an access road where it struck multiple vehicles and caught fire.
- Miami‑Dade officials confirmed at least five people were killed and five others injured, with several in critical condition, after rescue crews freed some victims from vehicles and the aircraft.
- Miami‑Dade Fire Rescue deployed roughly 60 units and about 200 personnel to fight the blaze and perform rescues, and airport authorities imposed a full ground stop before reopening two runways later that day.
- The FAA and the NTSB have opened formal investigations and federal teams are examining the wreckage, flight data and communications to determine whether pilot actions, mechanical failure, weather or runway safety measures were factors.
- The jet is a roughly 32‑year‑old freighter converted from passenger service, and the crash is likely to intensify scrutiny of third‑party cargo operators, aging converted freighter fleets, and airport runway‑end protection given the aircraft left the paved surface and reached public roads.