Boeing 767 cargo plane bearing Amazon logo crashes near Miami airport

A Boeing 767-300 cargo plane carrying Amazon’s logo crashed near Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon after overrunning the runway during landing. The incident occurred at approximately 2 p.m. local time when Prime Air Flight 7598, which departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, overran the runway and came to rest at the northwest end of the airport.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the incident, and all runways and taxiways at MIA were closed as a result. Video footage from the scene showed smoke rising from the crash site, which is believed to be on a road outside the airport. The FAA identified the aircraft as a 21 Air flight, with 21 Air listing Prime Air, an Amazon company, among its customers.

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