{"id":399393,"date":"2026-09-14T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399393\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T12:12:11","slug":"amazon-pauses-operations-with-21-air-following-deadly-cargo-plane-crash-at-mia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/399393\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon pauses operations with 21 Air following deadly cargo plane crash at MIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Amazon has paused operations with cargo carrier 21 Air following the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/10\/amazon-cargo-plane-to-be-dismantled-relocated-after-fatal-crash\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/10\/amazon-cargo-plane-to-be-dismantled-relocated-after-fatal-crash\/\"> deadly crash of Flight 7598<\/a> at Miami International Airport earlier this month, a spokesperson confirmed Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The announcement comes as the investigation into the Sept. 6 crash continues and crews slowly begin dismantling the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air, careened off the runway at MIA, striking a van with five people inside. Five people were killed and five others were injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The aircraft is believed to have been traveling too fast for a safe landing before going off the runway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson said the company decided to pause its operations with 21 Air after reviewing circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSafety has always been our top priority, whether in our own operations or when we\u2019re working with partners,\u201d the statement read. \u201cAfter the tragic incident last weekend, we\u2019ve spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we\u2019ve decided to pause our operations with 21 Air, the operator of Flight 7598. We\u2019ll continue working to support the investigation and everyone affected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Amazon has worked with the North Carolina-based company since 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Lawsuits filed following crash<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The announcement comes as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/09\/first-lawsuit-filed-following-fatal-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-at-miami-international-airport\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/09\/09\/first-lawsuit-filed-following-fatal-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-at-miami-international-airport\/\"> lawsuits have begun to be filed<\/a> in connection with the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Local 10 News spoke with an attorney representing a surviving victim who has filed a civil complaint seeking damages for personal injuries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cMany things have to go wrong to lead to such a terrible tragedy,\u201d the attorney said. \u201cSo was there apparent errors on behalf of the pilots? Absolutely. Were there security lapses on behalf of 21? Apparently so.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The attorney also spoke about what his client, Sebastian Perdomo Torres, experienced during the crash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou know, sometimes in these incidents, for better or worse, people lose consciousness. They have head injuries, things of that nature,\u201d the attorney said. \u201cSebastian, Mr. Perdomo Torres, experienced the whole thing, every second of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The National Transportation Safety Board\u2019s investigation into the crash remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/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-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Amazon has paused operations with cargo carrier 21 Air following the deadly crash of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-399393","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\/399393","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=399393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}