Five people died and five others were injured Sunday when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport, barreling through a perimeter fence and crushing vehicles on a nearby road. Federal investigators arrived Monday to probe whether the Boeing 767 landed too late to stop safely.
Tragedy at Runway 30: How the Crash Unfolded
The disaster at the Florida airport occurred when the Prime Air delivery plane overshot a runway at 129 mph, tore through a perimeter fence and plowed into a row of parked cars, also leaving five people injured – three of whom are listed as being in a critical condition. The aircraft overran the runway around 2 p.m. Sunday after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft on Sunday flew from Cincinnati to Miami and then to San Juan, Puerto Rico. Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. The airline, all told, traveled about 1,300 feet past the paved surface.
Video of the Amazon cargo plane crash that killed five people at Miami International Airport Sunday has revealed the dramatic moment police discovered a miracle survivor trapped inside a mangled car. Footage captured in the aftermath of the tragedy, posted on X by the ONLY in DADE account, shows a police officer crouching down and peering into one of the damaged vehicles, unexpectedly coming across a person within.
Rescue! We’ve got one breathing!
the emergency responder cries out. “He’s alive!” a colleague shouts, before the first cop declares: He’s alive, he’s breathing!
The crash, which sent thick black smoke billowing into the sky, trapped the pilot and copilot in the cockpit and some occupants in cars, said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Ray Jadallah. The agency said crews also had to extricate a person who was trapped under a vehicle. It wasn’t immediately clear if the pilots were among those killed.
Ray Jadallah, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief
Chief Ray Jadallah noted that emergency crews faced a complex extraction effort, having to extricate a person trapped under a vehicle alongside rescuing the pilot and copilot from the cockpit.
National Transportation Safety Board Investigation Focuses on Touchdown Zone and Speed
The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport were all inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company, and an SUV hit outside of airport property, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said Monday. Homendy called the scene of Sunday’s crash utter devastation.
She didn’t detail how many people were in the SUV or where the dead were located.
Homendy walked the route the Boeing 767 followed, noting tire marks from the pavement into the grass, the destroyed van carrying the cleaning crew, torn fencing, navigational equipment and the crushed SUV outside airport property. The debris included vehicle air bags, equipment from the vehicles, the airplane and the airport and fencing everywhere,
Homendy said. The van with seven people inside was “torn apart,” Homendy said. The van was owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., an airline cleaning contractor. Homendy said the NTSB would issue more information on Tuesday, including possibly information on speed that is confirmed by the flight data recorder.
Federal investigators examining the crash spent Monday determining whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Video of Sunday’s landing appears to show the Boeing 767 remaining airborne well down the runway before touching down. Aviation experts said investigators will seek to determine exactly where the plane landed, whether it was beyond the normal touchdown zone and why the pilots did not abandon the landing.
Investigators will also examine the plane’s speed and braking, weather and wind conditions, the aircraft’s mechanical condition and other factors that could have contributed to the deadly overrun. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team led by Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy to Miami, where she is expected to give the agency’s first briefing on the investigation Monday. Five people died, three were critically injured and two others were hospitalized with less severe injuries, officials said.
The typical landing zone for a plane is within the first 3,000 feet (914 meters) of a runway, experts said. If the cargo jet was beyond that area, it should have aborted the landing and gone around for another try, aviation safety expert Steve Arroyo said.
Investigators will examine the flight history, crew experience and training, radar data, and aircraft performance. Separate teams will look at the plane’s systems and engines, while a meteorologist will assess the weather conditions at the time of landing.
Casualties and Airport Disruption Impact Travelers
Members of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) arrived at Miami International Airport on Monday to begin their investigation into what caused an Amazon cargo plane to overshoot a runway and slam into several vehicles before coming to a stop and bursting into flames on Sunday. That crash, which left at least five people dead and five others injured, led to a roughly three-hour ground stop and forced officials to close all four runways at the South Florida airport.
Two of MIA’s four runways have since been reopened, and the ground stop was lifted, but impacts for travelers remain and are likely going to continue for the next day or two. That led Miami International Airport officials to urge passengers traveling to or from the facility to get in touch with their airline directly regarding a flight status before heading to the airport in case of a delay or cancellation. Because of the ongoing situation at the airport, American Airlines said it was waiving change fees for travelers with flights to, from, or through MIA. The airline posted more details on its website.
Many passengers who spoke with CBS News Miami said the situation had left them wondering what to do next as flight delays and cancellations mount, but said that they’re keeping things in perspective given the fatal plane crash. It's sad what happened,
Juana Paz said. We just think of ourselves, but we don't think about other people who died, which is sad.
The NTSB held a news conference on Monday afternoon to provide more information about the fatal incident.
Amazon company statement
21 Air says it’s “devastated” by crash at MIA. The Prime Air plane, which was being operated by North Carolina-based 21 Air, overran one of the airport’s runways.
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