At least five people were killed and five others were injured after an Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway upon landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. Miami-Dade County officials said in an evening press conference that 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 freighter operating on behalf of Amazon, crashed into several vehicles shortly before 2 p.m. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration said they are investigating the incident.
"The airplane, which was operated by 21 Air, was attempting to land when this incident occurred,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy posted on social media that travelers should anticipate significant delays and potential flight cancellations. A full ground stop had earlier been issued but was lifted about three hours later.
Authorities said ground delays are expected until early Monday. According to the FAA, Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft, departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said during the news conference that the crash happened at around 1:58 p.m.
Data from tracking site Flightradar24 shows that the plane had a speed of nearly 130 mph when it left the usable portion of the diagonal runway. It’s unclear what caused the plane to overshoot, and the NTSB and FAA are investigating. The airport’s runways and taxiways were closed, and the aircraft was left disabled at the northwest end of the airport.
Some of the runways were later reopened. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, more than 60 units and approximately 200 personnel responded to the scene, arriving at the airport “to find an airplane that had stopped beyond the airport operational boundary with heavy flames and smoke showing.” Photos and videos from the scene showed black smoke billowing from the plane. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue chief Raied Jadallah said in the news conference that several people were trapped in their vehicles.
Jadallah said there were a total of 10 people involved in the crash: five were killed, three are in critical condition and were transported to the trauma center, and another two were transported to a local hospital. It was not clear on Sunday evening whether those killed and injured were on the plane or on the ground. North Carolina-based cargo airline 21 Air began operating Boeing 767-300 freighters on behalf of Amazon in 2024.
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