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Amazon cargo plane overshoots Miami runway, killing five after pilot ignored speed warnings

Sunday, 13 September 2026, 06:31 · 1 min read

An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, barreling off the end of the tarmac and smashing into a van carrying workers before catching fire, killing five people and injuring five others. Two of the injured remained in critical condition as of Tuesday. Both pilots survived the crash and were interviewed by investigators on Wednesday.

For nearly two minutes before the disaster, one of the two pilots repeatedly warned his counterpart that the Boeing 767 freighter was approaching too fast, according to a summary of cockpit voice recordings released by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the United States federal agency responsible for investigating transport accidents. The fellow pilot never gave

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Africanews — Pilot warned plane was going too fast before overshooting Miami runway, killing 5 ↗︎NOS Nieuws — Piloot gecrasht Amazon-vliegtuig waarschuwde collega voor te hoge snelheid ↗︎
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