Overview
- A Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air under Amazon branding overran Runway 12/30 at Miami International Airport on Sunday, traveled roughly 1,300 feet past the pavement and struck a cleaning‑crew van and an SUV, killing five people.
- The NTSB recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder and sent them to Washington for analysis, and officials said preliminary data shows no evidence that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed during the landing.
- EMAS is a bed of crushable material designed to stop overrunning aircraft and is installed at about 70 U.S. airports where space is limited; Miami does not have EMAS and instead maintains the FAA‑required 1,000‑foot runway safety area, a difference investigators will examine.
- The jet was a 1994 Boeing 767 converted to cargo and operated by 21 Air, which holds operational control of the flight; Amazon and 21 Air say they are cooperating with the probe as investigators plan crew interviews and records reviews.
- The NTSB’s full inquiry will combine recorder analysis, crew interviews, weather and air‑traffic data and could lead to recommendations on EMAS placement and oversight of third‑party cargo operators while the crash continues to disrupt operations and deepen community grief.