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Cargo plane overshoots runway at Miami International Airport
bbc.com • • nation
Key Points:
- An Amazon Prime Air cargo flight (flight 7598) overran the diagonal runway at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time and is currently disabled at the northwest end of the airport.
- Miami International Airport has closed all runways and taxiways as of 3 p.m., with a ground stop in effect due to the incident.
- The Boeing 767-300 cargo plane had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico before the crash.
- Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is responding to the scene, and inquiries about injuries or fatalities are being directed to them.
- The FAA described the incident as a runway overrun after landing and noted that the information available is preliminary.
