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Victims of Miami plane crash were in a cleaning-company van and an SUV, officials said
Investigators are examining runway safety, weather and crew actions as the agency reviews flight recorders and the role of an EMAS barrier.
- National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy confirmed that all five fatalities occurred among occupants of a commercial cleaning van and an SUV struck by the overrun Boeing 767.
- The 2012 Ford Econoline van—owned by airline contractor Professional Ocean Service Corporation—was on airport grounds carrying seven workers when it was hit and destroyed by the landing aircraft.
- After striking the van, the cargo plane broke through an airport perimeter fence and collided with a Toyota Corolla Cross SUV traveling along Northwest 67th Avenue outside the property line.
- Officials clarified that the casualty count stands at five dead and five injured, with three victims remaining in critical condition at local medical facilities.
- Investigators recovered both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the 21 Air-operated jet as field teams prioritize victim extrication and site remediation across the 1,300-foot debris field.
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By Aaron Cooper and Pete Muntean, CNN The new information from Amazon Air's Black Box Boeing 767-300, which crashed on Sunday, provides a detailed picture — and raises new questions — of what happened in the cockpit when the plane left the runway at Miami International Airport.
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