Crashed Amazon cargo jet struck two vehicles, ended up 1,300 feet past runway, NTSB says
The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board didn't provide details on the cause of the crash in Miami, which killed at least five people.
MIAMI, September 8 — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders from an Amazon cargo plane that overran the runway in Miami, striking two vehicles and resulting in five fatalities, authorities reported. NTSB chief Jennifer Homendy revealed that one of the struck vehicles was an Econoline van carrying seven individuals on airport grounds.
The plane then breached a perimeter fence, colliding with an SUV on a public road and another fence line separating an area for robotaxis. Homendy emphasized that the victims were solely the occupants of the two struck vehicles and expressed the intention to interview the pilots. Recovery operations were ongoing at Florida's busiest airport, with hundreds of flights delayed while investigators began probing the crash site.
The Boeing 767, manufactured in 1994 and operated by 21 Air LLC - contracted to Amazon - was on its third flight of the day, arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft was about 1,300 feet beyond the runway when it finally halted, leaving extensive debris, spilled fuel, and fuel inside the plane that requires removal.
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