NTSB update on the Amazon Prime cargo jet overrun in Miami

Sep 07, 2026

Five people are now confirmed dead after an Amazon Prime Air cargo jet ran off the end of a runway at Miami International, and all of the deaths were people on the ground.

  • The Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air, overran the runway and hit a van carrying seven airport cleaning workers before crossing a fence, striking a car, and stopping in a Tesla robotaxi lot.
  • Both pilots survived and have not been interviewed yet; the cockpit voice recorder has been recovered.
  • Video suggests the plane floated far down the runway without full weight on its wheels, which would have delayed the reverse thrusters and left the crew relying mostly on brakes.
  • Winds turned against the plane at the worst moment — a headwind an hour earlier had shifted to a light tailwind with gusts right as it touched down.
  • The runway had no crushable-concrete arrestor bed at the end, the kind of barrier that likely would have stopped the plane before it reached the van.

Outlook: Investigators expect to release landing speed data and crew interviews next, and the lack of runway arrestor beds at U.S. airports is now under review — though any nationwide fix would run into funding fights in Congress.

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