Amazon Branded Plane Crashes at Miami Airport

An Amazon-branded cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport after overshooting the runway. The flight, operated by North Carolina-based cargo carrier 21 Air, was one of 208 flown on behalf of Amazon Air that day. According to data from Flightradar24, about a third of those flights were to or from the company's major hub in Cincinnati and nearby Wilmington, Ohio.

The plane, a Boeing 767, increased thrust seconds before overshooting the runway, a maneuver pilots typically use to abort a landing and reposition the aircraft for another attempt. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board plans to interview the two pilots.

Amazon's relationship with 21 Air is an example of how the company outsources its logistics operation to independent companies. Amazon has contracted out much of its trucking and air cargo operations, offloading liability onto contractors like 21 Air.