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09-09-2026
This news report details preliminary findings released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding the fatal crash of an Amazon Air cargo flight at Miami International Airport.What Happened in the CrashOn Sunday, an Amazon Air Boeing 767-300 cargo jetoperated by contractor 21 Air and arriving from San Juan, Puerto Ricooverran the runway while landing. The 230,000-pound aircraft broke through airport perimeter fencing and concrete barriers, crashing into an airport service van and an SUV before catching fire. Five contract cleaning workers inside the van (employees of Professional Ocean Service Corp.) were killed, and several others were seriously injured.Key Revelations from the Black Box DataData recovered from the tail section’s flight data recorder revealed an unusual sequence of control inputs and movements during the landing sequence:
- Irregular Touchdown: Approximately 30 seconds before the recording stopped, while traveling at over 180 mph, the aircraft touched down on only two sets of landing gear: the nose wheel and the rear right gear. The rear left gear did not contact the runway until nine seconds later. Aircraft are normally designed and piloted to touch down on their main rear gear first.
- Throttle and Brake Manipulation: About 15 seconds before the recording ended, while traveling at roughly 140 mph, the wheel brakes were released and the throttles were advanced to full takeoff power.
- Sudden Abort: Just four seconds after applying full thrust, the throttles were pulled back to idle, and the brakes were reapplied.