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- Sep 6, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, Killing Five
- A Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft flying for Amazon from San Juan, Puerto Rico, overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. on Sunday 6 September 2026, the FAA said; it was going nearly 130 mph when it left the usable runway, per Flightradar24 data.[1][3]
- The flight was 21 Air Flight 7598, operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon Air; it overran runway 30 at around 1:53 p.m., struck a Ford Econoline van carrying airline cleaning workers, then crashed through a fence and struck a Toyota SUV as it crossed Northwest 67th Avenue.[2][3]
- Five people were killed, all of them in the van and workers for an airline cleaning company, and five were injured, three critically; both pilots were hurt but survived.[1][2][4]
- The plane caught fire, more than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded, and a roughly 3-hour ground stop left more than 450 flights delayed or canceled by Sunday night.[1]
- NTSB recorder data: the nose and right main gear touched down at 158 knots groundspeed, a pilot called for a go-around, throttles went to go-around thrust at 120 knots and back to idle, and there was no indication the speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed; one pilot repeatedly cautioned the other that they were too fast.[5]
- The jet came to rest roughly 1,300 feet past the end of the runway; its captain had been certified on the 767 for less than five months and the first officer for less than 18 months.[2][4]
- 21 Air, an all-cargo carrier headquartered in North Carolina, flies eight Boeing 767s for Amazon Air according to Cirium; it is the third major accident involving a 767 flying for Amazon.[1][4]
- Amazon confirmed that same afternoon that an Amazon Air plane operated by 21 Air had an incident while landing and said it would cooperate fully with any investigation.[6]
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- [1]90%cnn.com/2026/09/06/us/boeing-miami-plane-overruns-runwaycnn.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Sep 6, 2026 ✓· 17% of score
CNN reports the plane "overran the runway after landing in Miami around 2 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration said" on Sunday 6 September; Wikipedia[2] and NBC News[3] put it at "around 1:53 p.m." / "just before 2 p.m. ET" (17:53 UTC).
- [2]80%21 Air Flight 7598en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 23, 2026· 17% of score
Gives the landing time (around 1:53 p.m.), the vehicles struck, the 1,300-foot overrun into a fenced parking lot, the site coordinates and the aircraft history.[1]
- [3]80%Amazon suspends use of 21 Air, cargo carrier involved in fatal Miami crashnbcnews.com· Published Sep 13, 2026· 17% of score
NBC News places the overrun "just before 2 p.m. ET Sept. 6" on Runway 30, names the five victims and quotes the NTSB[5] investigator in charge.
- [4]85%Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazonnpr.org· Published Sep 12, 2026· 17% of score
NPR on the victims (all cleaning-company workers), the crew's limited 767 experience, 21 Air's safety-culture concerns and the two earlier 767 accidents flying for Amazon.
- [5]95%NTSB Issues Investigative Update on B-767 Runway Excursion Accident in Miamintsb.gov· Published Sep 9, 2026· 16% of score
The investigating agency's own update: 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-33A, and the preliminary cockpit and flight data recorder timeline (158-knot touchdown, go-around call, no speed brakes or thrust reversers).[1]
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