Amazon cargo plane runway overrun at Miami International Airport
A Boeing 767 cargo aircraft operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon overshot the runway at Miami International Airport, resulting in fatalities. Subsequent reports cited National Transportation Safety Board data indicating the pilots had attempted to abort the landing amid warnings about excessive speed. Amazon later said it would pause its relationship with 21 Air.
Current state
Amazon has suspended its cargo flights with 21 Air after one of the carrier's Boeing 767-300 aircraft overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on 6 September, killing five people in vehicles struck by the plane and injuring five others. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating; preliminary data indicate the pilots tried to abort the landing after one warned of excessive speed, and both flight recorders have been recovered for analysis.
5 sources · 6 reports · Updated 14 Sept 2026
What changed
Amazon has suspended its cargo flights with 21 Air, the carrier whose Boeing 767-300 overran the runway at Miami International Airport on 6 September.
Developments
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NTSB investigators said preliminary flight data indicate one pilot warned the other about excessive speed for nearly two minutes and the crew tried to abort the unsteady landing.
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Five people were killed and five others injured; the NTSB said all victims were in vehicles struck by the aircraft, and officials identified the dead as employees of an aircraft-cleaning company who were in a van, with two survivors remaining in critical condition.
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The NTSB recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the aircraft and sent them to Washington, D.C., for analysis.
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On 6 September, a Boeing 767-300 cargo jet operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport after a flight from Puerto Rico, struck several vehicles and caught fire.
Current story coverage
Earlier coverage
- Pilot warned Amazon cargo plane going too fast before deadly crash, data shows One pilot told the other about the aircraft's "excessive speed" but received an uneven response even as alarms sounded.
- Amazon Cargo Jet Pilots Tried to Abort Landing, N.T.S.B. Data Shows The sequence of events detailed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators showed that the pilots were aware they were traveling too fast before the plane ran off the runway in Miami.