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Amazon Prime Air plane crash at Miami kills five
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An Amazon Prime Air cargo plane, operating as flight 7598, overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on September 6 and struck a vehicle. Five people were killed.
Key facts
- An Amazon Prime Air cargo plane, operating as flight 7598, overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on September 6 and struck a vehicle
- The Federal Aviation Administration identified the flight as 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 wide-body freighter
- 21 Air, a carrier based in North Carolina, flew the jet under contract
- More than 60 fire units and about 200 personnel went to the scene.
Summary
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the flight as 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 wide-body freighter. It had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Amazon brands the cargo service as Prime Air, but it did not fly the aircraft itself. 21 Air, a carrier based in North Carolina, flew the jet under contract. The aircraft carried Amazon livery.