Amazon cargo jet overruns Miami runway, five killed

Runway overrun details

The aircraft touched down 3,750 feet beyond the displaced threshold at the approach end of Runway 30, which measures 9,360 feet including the displaced threshold. The jet then barreled roughly 1,200 feet past the runway end on September 6.

The Boeing 767‑33A was operated by Amazon contractor 21 Air. The NTSB opened an investigation into the incident.

Casualties and injuries

The plane struck a van carrying workers for an airplane‑cleaning company, killing five people in the van. Two other people in the van and the driver of a car hit by the plane sustained serious injuries, while the two pilots suffered minor injuries.

Wind information lapse

A preliminary NTSB report said the Amazon crew was not given updated wind information before landing. An air‑traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to a different flight noting gusts of up to 25 mph from the south, but did not relay the information to the cargo plane.

Federal regulations require both wind direction and velocity to be stated when authorizing use of a runway with a tail‑wind component. The preliminary report did not list a cause of the crash.