Miami crash raises concerns about the jet's operator, and why it's flying for Amazon
Officials investigate a Prime Air cargo plane at Miami International Airport after it overran the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Fla., on Sept. An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway as it landed in Miami, crashing into vehicles and catching fire, officials said. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption In the moments before an Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, automatic warning signals were blaring in the cockpit. One pilot warned the other that the plane was coming in too fast, according to details of the cockpit voice recordings released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. But the flight crew pushed ahead with the landing anyway. "In my 60 years of flying, I've never seen such a terrible performance from a crew," said Ross Aimer, the CEO of Aero Consulting Experts, and a retired airline captain who worked in the industry for more than 40 years.
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Five more were injured. "It was a very, very unstable approach from the beginning, from the get go," Aimer told NPR. The NTSB found the probable cause was pilot error. (Atlas Air is still a major cargo airline, but no longer operates flights for Amazon.) In 2024, another Boeing 767 flying for Amazon overran the runway at Vancouver International Airport in Canada.
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Officials investigate a Prime Air cargo plane at Miami International Airport after it overran the runway at Miami International Airport in Miami, Fla., on Sept. An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway as it landed in Miami, crashing into vehicles and catching fire, officials said. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption In the moments before an Amazon cargo plane crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, automatic warning signals were blaring in the cockpit. One pilot warned the other that the plane was coming in too fast, according to details of the cockpit voice recordings released this week by the National Transportation Safety Board. But the flight crew pushed ahead with the landing anyway. "In my 60 years of flying, I've never seen such a terrible performance from a crew," said Ross Aimer, the CEO of Aero Consulting Experts, and a retired airline captain who worked in the industry for more than 40 years.
