NTSB details fatal Amazon plane runway overrun in Miami

The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report says an Amazon cargo plane touched down far along the runway at Miami International Airport on September 6, then ran off the pavement and struck vehicles, killing five people in a work van. The NTSB has not determined the cause of the crash, and its investigation is continuing. The Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air, landed about 3,750 feet beyond the runway threshold at a ground speed of roughly 160 knots, or 184 mph, according to the report. The runway is 9,360 feet long. The plane reached its end at about 130 mph, crossed onto grass and hit a van carrying workers for an aircraft-cleaning company and an SUV. It came to rest about 1,200 feet beyond the paved surface, the NTSB said. Five of the seven people in the van died. Reports say several others, including the SUV’s driver, were injured; the two pilots sustained minor injuries. The preliminary account does not establish how the aircraft’s approach, landing, braking or other circumstances contributed to the overrun.