An Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami International Airport after landing Sunday at about 14:00 local time, killing at least five people and injuring five others. The Boeing 767-300 overshot the runway, struck multiple vehicles, and came to rest tipped forward onto its nose.
Miami Dade Fire Rescue Response
Miami Dade Fire Rescue said more than 60 units and approximately 200 firefighters went to the scene after the initial report of a cargo plane crash. Fire crews found an aircraft engulfed in flames and producing a large amount of smoke, and they rescued a person trapped under a vehicle. The fire was complex and was burning in the engine compartment.
Raied Jadallah said three people are in critical condition and had been taken to a local trauma centre, while two others were in hospital. The injured included those taken for emergency treatment after the plane struck vehicles on the runway area.
Rosie Cordero-Stutz at Miami International Airport
Rosie Cordero-Stutz described the crash site as a "very active scene" and said it "included a plane and included vehicles as well". Her account matched the scale of the response at Miami International Airport, where the wreckage and fire forced rescuers to work around vehicles and heavy smoke.
The aircraft had flown from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico before landing in Miami. FlightRadar24 said the plane was travelling at 112 knots as it exited the useable runway, and FlightRadar24 said thunderstorms and gusting winds were present in Miami at the time of the incident.
Amazon Air Boeing 767-300
The crash involved an Amazon Air Boeing 767-300, and Miami Dade Fire Rescue said the airport incident had no risk to the safety of the community even as the fire burned at the scene. That left the immediate airport response focused on the wreckage, the trapped passenger, and the injured people already moved to treatment.
The FAA and National Transportation Safety will not be providing statements at this time, so the cause of the overshoot has not been addressed. For passengers, workers, and cargo customers tied to Amazon Air, the next practical issue is the condition of the airport scene while investigators and emergency crews finish their work.
