At least five killed after Amazon cargo plane overruns Miami runway
Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 struck multiple vehicles after leaving a diagonal runway at Miami International Airport, officials said.
At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway after landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, according to officials.
Prime Air Flight 7598 left the airport’s diagonal runway shortly before 2pm EDT (1800 GMT) and struck multiple vehicles on the ground, officials said at a news conference.
The aircraft was an Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 operated by charter company 21 Air, according to retrieved reports. It had reportedly departed from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The National Transportation Safety Board was investigating the incident, and officials said it was too early to establish the cause.
The deaths and runway overrun were reported by France 24 International. Further details about injuries and the aircraft’s operation had not been independently confirmed in the supplied report.
