{"id":882612,"date":"2026-09-06T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882612\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T23:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T23:28:12","slug":"us-plane-crash-amazon-cargo-jet-overshoots-airport-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882612\/","title":{"rendered":"US plane crash: Amazon cargo jet overshoots airport in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least five people have been reported dead in the US<\/a> after a cargo plane overshot a major airport runway and crashed on a nearby road, striking multiple vehicles.<\/p>\n

Footage seen by 9News shows the plane, which appears to be a Prime Air Boeing 767, billowing with smoke and blasts of flame as it sits on a main road near the airport.<\/p>\n

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A cargo plane overshot the runway and crashed onto a road at Miami International Airport.\u00a0Nine<\/p>\n

Officials said in a news conference at least five people were dead, according to CNN.<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Raied Jadallah also said five others had been injured so far, including three in a critical condition, according to NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201c21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2pm local time on Sunday, September 6 (4am Monday, September 7 AEST),\u201d the US Federal Aviation Administration said in a brief statement<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Mu\u00f1oz Mar\u00edn International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The FAA will investigate.\u201d<\/p>\n

All runways and taxiways were closed and a ground stop is in effect, an airport spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

Customers with flights out of the airport today are urged to doubled-check with their airline for any schedule changes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm that an Amazon Air plane operated by 21 Air experienced an incident while attempting to land at Miami International Airport today. This is a fast-moving situation and we\u2019re still gathering details,\u201d Kelly Nantel, an Amazon<\/a> spokesperson, said in a statement to CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re working closely with local authorities and officials to understand exactly what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, our absolute priority is the safety, well-being, and care of everyone involved. We\u2019re doing everything we can to support those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Prime Air plane is disabled<\/a> at the north-west end of the airport.<\/p>\n

The plane came to rest beside a roadway, with two semi-trucks parked nearby, according to images on social media.<\/p>\n

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said in a post on X that multiple vehicles had been struck during the crash.<\/p>\n

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No details of any injuries have been provided.\u00a0Lynne Sladky<\/p>\n

\u201cUnits arrived to find an airplane that had caught on fire as a result of this crash, with heavy flames and smoke showing,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirefighters are working on extinguishing the fire and assessing patients.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not clear why the plane was unable to stop before the end of the runway.<\/p>\n

A review of air traffic control audio by CNN shows the pilots did not declare an emergency before the landing.<\/p>\n

Later, inspection crews reported there were no aircraft parts or debris found on the runway, but the plane damaged navigational equipment when it left the pavement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At least five people have been reported dead in the US after a cargo plane overshot a major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-882612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}