Amazon Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Killing Five

A Boeing 767-33A freighter operated by Amazon cargo airline 21 Air crashed at Miami International Airport on September 6, killing five people on the ground and injuring two others.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released a preliminary report stating that the first officer warned multiple times before landing that the plane was coming in too fast. However, the captain did not consistently respond to these warnings.

The plane overran the runway, hitting an airport perimeter fence and two vehicles on the street outside the airport. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires air traffic controllers to provide wind information when authorizing a landing with a tailwind component, but this was not done in this case.

According to the report, the plane's speed brakes and thrust reversers were not deployed during the landing, and the pilots called for a go-around 15 seconds after touching down. However, there was only about 415 feet of runway left at that point.