Amazon pauses operations with 21 Air after Miami cargo plane crash
Amazon will reassign shipments to other carriers as investigators review cockpit warnings, runway data and maintenance records after the fatal crash.
- On Sunday, Amazon suspended its use of cargo carrier 21 Air following a fatal crash involving an Amazon-branded aircraft at Miami International Airport earlier this month that killed five people.
- A 21 Air Boeing 767-300 overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport, striking two vehicles and killing five people on the ground, including Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, and Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53.
- National Transportation Safety Board data revealed the aircraft was traveling too fast during landing, yet lacked a "consistent verbal response to the comments about speed," with thrust increasing during a late go-around attempt.
- Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel announced the operational pause after reviewing circumstances surrounding Flight 7598, noting the retailer will use other carriers including Sun Country Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines for shipments.
- 21 Air CEO Keith Winters stated the company remains focused on supporting those affected and cooperating with the NTSB as the investigation into the crash, which occurred while arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, continues.
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The Boing 767 transporting Amazon packages hit a van with workers and five people died.
The aircraft was returning to Miami when it left the runway during the landing and toured some 400 metres beyond the runway.
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Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose plane careened off Miami runway and killed 5 - WXXV News 25
MIAMI (AP) — Amazon said Sunday that it has suspended its partnership with 21 Air after one of the cargo carrier’s planes loaded with Amazon packages careened off a Miami runway last week and killed five people. The Boeing 767 came in fast on Sept. 6 and then barreled roughly 1,300 feet (396 meters) past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane cleaning company. All five people who died were in the van. Five other…
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