Miami · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Five died on the ground after an Amazon cargo jet ran off a Miami runway
The File desk · Sep 8, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC
Status
Partially confirmed from National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy’s Monday briefing as reported by the Associated Press on Sept. 7, and from an Amazon statement quoted by the Associated Press. No written ntsb.gov press release or investigation page for this crash was on the newsroom list fetched Sept. 8. This desk did not fetch a Federal Aviation Administration accident-statement entry.
- Partially confirmed
Sunday around 2 p.m., an Amazon cargo Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport after a flight from San Juan. Homendy told reporters Monday the airplane went about 1,300 feet past the pavement, destroyed a Professional Ocean Service Corp. cleaning van that held seven people, tore fencing and navigational equipment, and hit an SUV outside airport property. She said the five dead were in the van and the SUV. She called the scene “utter devastation.” The Associated Press said three people were critically injured and two others were hospitalized. Homendy said more information may come Tuesday, including possibly speed from the flight data recorder. Amazon said it was heartbroken and would cooperate. Miami International said two of four runways remained closed Monday. Cause is under investigation.
- Unverified
No ntsb.gov written press release for this event was on the newsroom list fetched Sept. 8. Latest written items there were older, including an Aug. 28 vice-chairman retirement. A Federal Aviation Administration accident-statements page was not confirmed to list this event in this desk pass.
Jennifer Homendy, who chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, walked the Miami ground Monday where an Amazon cargo jet had left the runway. Sunday around 2 p.m., a Boeing 767 flown by 21 Air came in from San Juan and ran off the pavement at Miami International. Homendy told reporters the airplane went about 1,300 feet past the end. It wrecked navigation gear, tore through a Professional Ocean Service Corp. cleaning van that held seven people, broke fencing, and hit an SUV outside the airport. The five who died, she said, were in those two vehicles. She called the scene “utter devastation.” The Associated Press said three people were critically hurt and two more were in the hospital. Homendy said more may come Tuesday, including perhaps the speed from the data recorder. Amazon said it was heartbroken and would cooperate. Two of Miami’s four runways were still closed Monday. No one has named a cause.
Jennifer Homendy walked the ground Monday where the jet had left the runway. She chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal office that investigates crashes like this.
Sunday around 2 p.m., an Amazon cargo Boeing 767 flown by 21 Air came in from San Juan and ran off a runway at Miami International Airport. Homendy told reporters she followed the path: tire marks from pavement into grass, a destroyed cleaning van, torn fencing, wrecked navigation gear, and a crushed SUV outside the airport fence.
The airplane, she said, went about 1,300 feet past the paved surface. The van belonged to Professional Ocean Service Corp. and held seven people. Homendy said it was “torn apart.” She said the five people killed were in that van and in an SUV hit outside airport property. She did not say how many people were in the SUV, or where the dead were sitting.
“I would describe it in one word as devastating, utter devastation,” Homendy said.
Besides the five who died, the Associated Press reported, three people were critically hurt and two others were in the hospital with lesser injuries. Homendy said the board would put out more on Tuesday, including perhaps a speed figure from the flight data recorder.
Amazon said: “We’re heartbroken to learn that five people lost their lives in today’s incident at Miami International Airport.” It said it would cooperate with any investigation.
The Associated Press said the airplane had flown Cincinnati to Miami to San Juan and was coming back to Miami. The airport said two of its four runways were still closed Monday.
This desk checked the National Transportation Safety Board’s written newsroom list on Sept. 8. There was no press release for the Miami overrun. The newest items there were older, including an Aug. 28 note that the vice chairman was retiring. No one has named a cause.
What is still unknown or disputed
- No NTSB.gov written press release or investigation page was fetched for this crash. The newsroom list still led with older items.
- Exact count of people in the SUV was not detailed by Homendy in the Associated Press account.
- Cause of the overrun is under investigation.
- A Federal Aviation Administration accident-statements page was not confirmed to list this event in this desk pass.
Primary sources
Every claim in this story is drawn from the documents below. If a fetch failed, that is recorded on the card.
Source 1
Federal investigators probe Amazon cargo jet’s fiery runway crash that killed 5 in Miami
Associated Press · September 7, 2026
Homendy said five killed were inside the cleaning van and an SUV hit outside airport property; aircraft traveled about 1,300 feet past paved surface; van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp. held seven people; more information Tuesday, possibly speed from the flight data recorder; Amazon statement of sympathy and cooperation; two of four runways still closed Monday.
https://apnews.com/article/cargo-plane-crash-miami-airport-amazon-prime-d5118998e880f380a3fd8786e35fd9bb
Source 2
NTSB Newsroom (press releases list checked)
National Transportation Safety Board · September 8, 2026
Latest written press items on the fetched list were older (Aug. 28 vice chairman retirement and prior); no Miami Amazon overrun release on that list in this pass.
https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/default.aspx