Pilots considered aborting landing after touchdown in Miami cargo crash, NTSB says
Flight data showed the pilots increased thrust after touchdown, and investigators said the cargo jet traveled about 1,300 feet beyond the runway.
- Amazon Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300, overran Miami International Airport's runway 30 on Sunday, September 6, 2026, skidding 1,300 feet past the paved surface and killing five people on the ground while injuring five others.
- National Transportation Safety Board investigators recovered flight data revealing the pilots considered aborting the landing moments before impact; the recorded data showed no deployment of speed brakes or thrust reversers during final descent.
- The aircraft struck a 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van and a Toyota Corolla Cross SUV after breaching a perimeter fence; occupants of the van sustained fatal injuries while three others remained hospitalized on Tuesday.
- Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz confirmed the deceased were cleaning company employees, while Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed foam to extinguish engine compartment flames and transported injured to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center.
- Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy confirmed NTSB investigators recovered the flight data and cockpit voice recorders for review in Washington, D.C., with officials planning to interview both pilots on Wednesday as runway closures extended through Tuesday.
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The latest information revealed by NTSB investigators is a start to explain the runway exit of Amazon's Boeing 767 cargo aircraft last Sunday in Miami, which killed five people. According to the analysis of the...
On Sunday in Miami there is a devastating accident with a Boeing 767. Five people die in the accident. Now it comes out that there is not a proper brake. The pilots come into the focus of the investigators.
Investigators said the plane's engines increased power at the end of the landing, while there was no evidence of the use of air brakes or thrust reversers.
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Pilots considered aborting landing after touchdown in Miami cargo crash
Recorded data showed no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed to slow the plane. (EPA Images pic)WASHINGTON: The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday that evidence recovered from a flight data recorder suggested the pilots of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane involved in a deadly crash considered aborting the landing after the aircraft touched down.The 32-year-old Boeing 767 operated by Miami-based 21 Air o…
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