Five people are dead after an Amazon-branded cargo jet overshot a Miami International Airport runway Sunday, plowed across a road used by warehouse workers, and struck several vehicles before erupting in flames. The toll exposes the fragility of a logistics backbone one corporation now controls — and the public picks up the tab when it breaks.
Prime Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 operated by contractor 21 Air, landed at 1:58 p.m. after arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and failed to stop on Runway 30, which spans 9,000 feet. The 32-year-old aircraft — originally built for passengers and converted to a freighter in 2015 — crossed a roadway near the airport, hitting cars and semitrucks. Five people were killed and five injured, three critically, according to Miami-Dade officials. It remains unclear whether the two pilots survived; a source told NBC 6 the pilots were taken to Jackson South Medical Center.
Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ray Jadallah said the pilot and copilot were trapped in the cockpit and at least two people were trapped in vehicles struck by the jet. Some 200 firefighters responded, finding heavy flames and a fuel leak that persisted for hours. The left engine was still running when crews arrived, creating explosion risk — pilots couldn't shut it down because they needed to
