# Flight recorders recovered from ‘devastating’ Amazon cargo plane crash

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/flight-recorders-recovered-from-devastating-amazon-cargo-plane-crash/
- Published: 2026-09-08T04:37:55+00:00
- Updated: 2026-09-08T10:43:25+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8e32n8epeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Culture, Fashion, Travel, World

## Key points

- Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami airport killed five, injured five
- Victims were all in two ground vehicles, not the aircraft
- NTSB recovered flight recorders; cause still under investigation

## Summary

Investigators have recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Amazon-operated cargo plane that crashed on landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five others. The Boeing 767-300, operated by 21 Air, overshot the runway while arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, striking a cleaning van and then an SUV on the ground after breaking through the airport's perimeter fence. NTSB chairwoman Jennifer Homendy described the scene as "utter devastation" and said it was too early to determine a cause, with the immediate priority being the recovery of victims' bodies rather than evidence.

All five fatalities and five casualties were people in the two ground vehicles, not the plane's two crew members, whose condition was not detailed. The aircraft came to rest roughly 1,300ft beyond the runway, and investigators will examine flight history, crew training, radar data, aircraft performance, engines and weather, including an active thunderstorm with gusts of up to 26 knots reported near the airport at the time; they will also assess whether the runway should have had an engineered arresting system to stop overruns. Two of the airport's four runways remained closed, causing further disruption over the Labor Day holiday weekend, while both Amazon and 21 Air said they were co-operating with the NTSB inquiry, which will conclude with safety recommendations.

## Coverage

- [BBC World: Flight recorders recovered from ‘devastating’ Amazon cargo plane crash](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8e32n8epeo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)
- [Daily Mail: Astonishing moment survivor is pulled from wreckage of car after Amazon plane crash... as investigator reveals deadly flight was jet's THIRD of the day](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16112529/amazon-cargo-plane-crash-victims-dead-flight-miami-florida.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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