Miami Amazon plane crash – here’s what we know after five people killed

8 Sep 2026 • 5:16 AM MYT
The Independent
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Miami Amazon plane crash – here’s what we know after five people killed

  • An Amazon Boeing 737 cargo plane overshot a runway in Miami on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five others.
  • National Transportation Safety Board chair Jennifer Homendy described the crash site as one of utter devastation, with jet fuel spread across the area.
  • Those killed were occupants of two vehicles struck by the aircraft, including a contractor's van carrying seven people that was torn apart.
  • The cargo plane hit a second vehicle, a Toyota Corolla SUV, after crashing through an airport fence.
  • Investigators have successfully recovered the aircraft's flight data and cockpit voice recorders for analysis.

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