What we know about the Amazon cargo plane crash that killed 5 in Miami
Latest update from USA Today: Victims identified in Amazon plane crash. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app. Example video title will go here for this video WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are continuing to examine the crash site at Miami International Airport, where an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway, killing five people and injuring five others. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday, Sept. 7 that all five people killed were inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company. The van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., an airline cleaning contractor, was “torn apart," according to the NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. “I would describe it in one word as devastating, utter devastation,” Homendy said.
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Aside from the five who died, three people were critically injured, and two others were hospitalized with less severe injuries, officials said. On Tuesday, dozens of flights were canceled and delayed.
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To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app. Example video title will go here for this video WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are continuing to examine the crash site at Miami International Airport, where an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway, killing five people and injuring five others. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday, Sept. 7 that all five people killed were inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company. The van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., an airline cleaning contractor, was “torn apart," according to the NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. “I would describe it in one word as devastating, utter devastation,” Homendy said.
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Latest update from USA Today: Victims identified in Amazon plane crash. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app. Example video title will go here for this video WASHINGTON — Federal investigators are continuing to examine the crash site at Miami International Airport, where an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway, killing five people and injuring five others. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed Monday, Sept. 7 that all five people killed were inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company. The van, owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., an airline cleaning contractor, was “torn apart," according to the NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. “I would describe it in one word as devastating, utter devastation,” Homendy said.