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The Amazon Air cargo airplane approaches the runway\n <\/p>\n
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\n The jet seemed to hover, video posted to social media showed, going well beyond the usual landing zone for Runway 30. But even after two of its landing gear made it to the ground, the left rear gear continued to bounce along the runway.\n <\/p>\n
\n By the time it reached the runway\u2019s end, the plane was still going nearly 130 miles per hour, tracking data from Flightradar24 showed.\n <\/p>\n
\n It barreled across a small grassy patch, then through a chain-link fence with razor wire. Concrete barriers designed to keep cars out of the secure area crumbled as the jet, weighing more than 100 tons, headed straight for a four-lane road.\n <\/p>\n
\n Slicing across the pavement, the aircraft struck several vehicles \u2013 including one left flipped onto its side and twisted into an arc not unlike the tail fin logo \u2013 before sliding to a fiery stop just shy of a parking lot filled with dozens of cars.\n <\/p>\n
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\n \u201cPlane\u2019s on fire!\u201d a first responder soon shouted on an emergency radio channel. \u201cPut your game faces on.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n At least five people died and five were injured<\/a>, though the victims\u2019 location during the crash and the condition of the pilots rescued from the cockpit still isn\u2019t clear. The National Transportation Safety Board<\/a> is expected to hold a news conference Monday on its investigation.\n <\/p>\n \n The catastrophe left Miami\u2019s airport operating with just two of its normal four runways on a busy Labor Day and raised questions about whether the facility needs better equipment to prevent an overshooting aircraft from leaving airport property.\n <\/p>\n \n Here\u2019s what we know so far about the incident.\n <\/p>\n \n The cargo plane tried to land around 2 p.m. ET Sunday on a runway more than 9,000 feet long. But the jet rose above the normal path aircraft take on their approach to Runway 30 before dropping altitude to return back into proper position, tracking data from Flightradar24 showed.\n <\/p>\n \n The plane had passed through a developing thunderstorm as it approached the airport, one of several pop-up storms in the area, tracking data appeared to show.\n <\/p>\n \n During the landing, the direction of the wind suddenly changed, said David Soucie, a CNN safety analyst and former FAA safety inspector, giving Flight 7598 a tailwind that may have made it more difficult to slow down.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cYou\u2019re picking up speed instead of bleeding speed off at that point,\u201d Soucie said.\n <\/p>\n \n The pilots did not inform air traffic controllers of any problems with the plane prior to landing, air traffic control audio indicated.\n <\/p>\n \n The plane landed almost parallel to the ground instead of with the standard \u201cflare\u201d maneuver, in which the nose lifts at the last moment so the rear landing gear touches the ground first, social media video showed.\n <\/p>\n \n As the jet came to rest near the parking lot past the runway, a fire erupted around its crumpled starboard engine \u2013 on the right when facing forward \u2013 social media video showed.\n <\/p>\n \n Flames and thick black smoke rose from the aircraft as rescue crews rushed in to douse it with fire retardant. Over 60 fire rescue units and some 200 firefighters responded, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Raied \u201cRay\u201d Jadallah said Sunday during a news conference.\n <\/p>\n \n Five people were killed, Jadallah said. Five others were injured, with three taken to a trauma center in critical condition.\n <\/p>\n \n Rescue workers used a ladder to access the plane\u2019s interior through a cockpit window, social media video showed. Several victims trapped in vehicles struck by the plane were extracted by firefighters, Jadallah said.\n <\/p>\n \n It\u2019s not yet clear whether those killed were in the plane, in the vehicles struck during the crash or elsewhere.\n <\/p>\n \n The plane was a 32-year-old Boeing 767 en route from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Miami.\n <\/p>\n \n It was operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier headquartered in North Carolina with an operations center in Miami. 21 Air works for several companies and is one of nine flight vendors for Amazon Air, which operates more than 250 carriers daily to ship customer packages.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cWe\u2019re heartbroken to learn that five people lost their lives in today\u2019s incident at Miami International Airport,\u201d Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel told CNN in a statement. \u201cOur deepest sympathies go out to the families, loved ones, and all those affected by this devastating loss.\u201d\n <\/p>\n \n The crash scene and cleanup are causing delays. Flights headed to the South Florida hub were expected to be an average of 2 1\/2 hours late, the Federal Aviation Administration advised at 7 a.m.\n <\/p>\n \n Two of the airport\u2019s four runways are closed for most of Monday, an FAA notice to pilots stated. Runway 30, where the Amazon Boeing 767 tried to land, as well as Runway 26L, just north of it, are closed until 7 p.m. ET.\n <\/p>\n \n As of 10 a.m., 65 flights in or out of Miami were canceled and about 140 delayed, tracking site FlightAware<\/a> reported.\n <\/p>\n \n Runway excursions \u2013 when airplanes go off the runway \u2013 are the No. 1 incident involving airplanes worldwide, according to data from the International Air Transport Association.\n <\/p>\n \n While the cause of Sunday\u2019s crash is still under investigation, Miami International Airport lacks a key safety feature that might have prevented the aircraft from overrunning the airport property and reaching a roadway, aviation experts said.\n <\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/image-from-ios-11.jpg\")
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