Pilots considered aborting landing after touchdown in Miami cargo crash, NTSB says
Investigators recovered the cockpit voice and flight data recorders as the NTSB reviews why the cargo jet overran the runway, killing five.
- 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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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.
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…
Investigators to interview pilots of crashed Amazon cargo jet Wednesday
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says it will interview the two pilots who survived the crash Sunday of their Amazon cargo jet in Miami. The NTSB says its has already obtained data from the voice recorder that was recovered from the aircraft Monday, but will not release it yet.
Authorities have examined the black boxes found in the plane.
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Evidence suggests pilots considered aborting landing in Miami cargo plane crash
WASHINGTON: The National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday (Sep 8) that evidence recovered from a flight data recorder suggested the pilots considered aborting the landing of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane before it crashed in Miami and
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