Amazon plane crash victims identified as NTSB investigates cause of deadly incident at Miami International Airport
Key Points:
- Five people were killed in an Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport when the Boeing 767 overshot the runway and struck two vehicles; all victims were occupants of the vehicles hit during the accident.
- The deceased were identified as Rolando Aleman Leon, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Julio C. Pineda, Carlos Acosta Fajardo, and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, while five others, including the pilot and co-pilot, were injured and treated at a Miami hospital.
- The flight, operated by 21 Air LLC as Amazon Air Flight 7598, had arrived from San Juan and was on its third flight of the day before overrunning runway 30 and hitting a van owned by a contract cleaning company and a Toyota outside the airport.
- Investigations are ongoing by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office Homicide Bureau and the National Transportation Safety Board, with authorities maintaining a secure scene and supporting the victims' families.
- Both Professional Ocean Service Corporation and Amazon expressed condolences and committed to supporting the affected families and cooperating with investigators following the tragic incident.