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Amazon-branded cargo plane overruns runway at Miami airport, strikes multiple vehicles - NBC News

Amazon-branded cargo plane overruns runway at Miami airport, strikes multiple vehicles - NBC News

An Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing five people and injuring five others after striking multiple vehicles near the airfield. The plane, identified as 21 Air Flight 7598, was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico when it overran runway 30 just before 2 p.m.

The plane, identified as 21 Air Flight 7598, was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico when it overran runway 30 just before 2 p.m. Eastern time, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said the aircraft came to rest in a field next to the airport after hitting multiple vehicles.

Three of the injured were in critical condition and transported to a trauma center. Two others were also transported for treatment. Officials have not released information about who was aboard the aircraft or the identities of those killed.

This one is not local to Lubbock, but it's the kind of story people here are watching closely. Plenty of folks in Lubbock rely on Amazon deliveries hauled through regional cargo networks, and crashes involving cargo aircraft raise real questions about the supply chains behind those brown boxes on the doorstep.

Five people dead in a single cargo plane accident makes this one of the deadlier U.S. Aviation incidents in recent memory, and investigators have only just begun to piece together what went wrong on that runway.

Common questions

What happened with the Amazon cargo plane at Miami airport?

An Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five others. The plane, 21 Air Flight 7598, was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico when it overran runway 30 just before 2 p.m. Eastern time.

How many people were hurt in the Miami airport cargo plane crash?

Five people were killed and five others were injured when the Amazon cargo plane overran the runway and struck multiple vehicles. Three of the injured were in critical condition and transported to a trauma center. Two others were also taken for treatment.

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