Flight data shows pilot started go-around then reversed course in fatal Miami cargo plane crash, NTSB says
Latest update from CBS News: Five people were killed. Updated on: September 9, 2026 / 7:57 PM EDT / CBS Miami Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board analyzing flight data from the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport say the pilot may have hesitated in the final seconds of landing, attempting to abort before reversing course and continuing with the landing. The plane, a Boeing 767, overshot the runway by roughly 1,300 feet, breached the airport fence, crossed Northwest 67th Avenue and struck two vehicles. Five people were killed. NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin said the flight data shows the sequence of events unfolded in the final 30 seconds of the recording. The nose landing gear and right main landing gear touched down first, with a ground speed of 158 knots.
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Following those interviews, officials planned to release a transcript of the cockpit voice recorder. "Crew accounts and crew interviews will help fill in some of the blanks for us, things the crew remembers as far as actions that they may have done but not verbalized," Shin said.
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Updated on: September 9, 2026 / 7:57 PM EDT / CBS Miami Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board analyzing flight data from the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport say the pilot may have hesitated in the final seconds of landing, attempting to abort before reversing course and continuing with the landing. The plane, a Boeing 767, overshot the runway by roughly 1,300 feet, breached the airport fence, crossed Northwest 67th Avenue and struck two vehicles. Five people were killed. NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin said the flight data shows the sequence of events unfolded in the final 30 seconds of the recording. The nose landing gear and right main landing gear touched down first, with a ground speed of 158 knots.
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Latest update from CBS News: Five people were killed. Updated on: September 9, 2026 / 7:57 PM EDT / CBS Miami Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board analyzing flight data from the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport say the pilot may have hesitated in the final seconds of landing, attempting to abort before reversing course and continuing with the landing. The plane, a Boeing 767, overshot the runway by roughly 1,300 feet, breached the airport fence, crossed Northwest 67th Avenue and struck two vehicles. Five people were killed. NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin said the flight data shows the sequence of events unfolded in the final 30 seconds of the recording. The nose landing gear and right main landing gear touched down first, with a ground speed of 158 knots.
