{"id":394245,"date":"2026-09-09T00:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394245\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T00:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T00:54:10","slug":"cleaning-company-heartbroken-neighbors-in-disbelief-after-5-workers-killed-in-cargo-plane-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/394245\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning company \u2018heartbroken,\u2019 neighbors in disbelief after 5 workers killed in cargo plane crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Representatives from a South Florida cleaning company mourned the loss of five employees killed after a cargo plane careened off the runway at Miami International Airport and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/07\/ford-econoline-van-with-7-workers-was-torn-apart-after-cargo-planes-impact-at-mia\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/07\/ford-econoline-van-with-7-workers-was-torn-apart-after-cargo-planes-impact-at-mia\/\">struck their work van<\/a> as it drove on an airport service road over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The five workers killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/08\/miami-dade-sheriff-rosie-cordero-stutz-to-release-update-on-fatal-cargo-plane-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/08\/miami-dade-sheriff-rosie-cordero-stutz-to-release-update-on-fatal-cargo-plane-crash\/\">were identified on Tuesday<\/a> by the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office as Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47; and Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">They were employed by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a company that services aircraft at the airport. It\u2019s based just outside of MIA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two workers survived when the Boeing 767, operated by cargo carrier 21 Air on behalf of Amazon, overshot the runway on Sunday afternoon and slammed into their Ford Econoline van.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two workers inside survived the crash; so too did an SUV driver also hit as the plane went past the airport perimeter fence and onto Northwest 67th Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The company released a statement about the incident on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOur Professional Ocean Service Corp. family is heartbroken by this unimaginable tragedy,\u201d it read in part. \u201cOur employees are far more than the people who work beside us each day, they are family, and they are deeply loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The company asked the public to keep the employees\u2019 families \u201cin their thoughts and prayers and to respect their privacy during this incredibly difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News also spoke to neighbors of two of the men on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Onel Gomez Manzo says he last saw Pineda, his friend and neighbor, on Saturday. He\u2019s lived two doors down from him for the last two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSometimes he would bring fruit for my son and things like that,\u201d Gomez Manzo said in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He added that the crash \u201cseemed like a lie\u201d \u2013 he couldn\u2019t believe it. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Blanca Llaro, Aleman Leon\u2019s former landlord told Local 10 News that he moved out about two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was \u201cvery respectful, very serious,\u201d Llaro told Local 10 News in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Interactive graphic<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Representatives from a South Florida cleaning company mourned the loss of five employees killed after a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-394245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}