Amazon Cargo Plane Crashes in Miami After Air Traffic Controller Fails to Warn of Tail Winds

A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found that air traffic controllers failed to warn pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about strong tail winds before it crashed in Miami, killing five people.

The crash occurred on September 6 at Miami International Airport when a Boeing 767, carrying packages for Amazon, came in too fast and barreled past the end of the runway. The plane then smashed into a van carrying workers for an airplane cleaning company, causing fatal injuries to five people and serious injuries to two others.

The NTSB report states that just four minutes before clearing the plane for landing, an air traffic controller had provided a wind advisory to another flight, noting gusts of up to 25 mph from the south. However, this information was not shared with the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane, despite regulations requiring it.

The report also mentions that one of the pilots repeatedly warned his counterpart about their speed as they approached for landing and after touchdown, but the other pilot did not respond consistently to these warnings.