NTSB update on the Amazon Prime cargo jet overrun in Miami
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.