A Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft with Amazon Air livery crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon after the jet overran the runway during landing. The plane was operating as 21 Air Flight 7598, and had just arrived from Puerto Rico when it went off the airport pavement and struck vehicles on the far side of a perimeter road. Emergency responders descended on the scene within minutes and found thick smoke rising from the aircraft. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said multiple people were injured, but in the immediate aftermath officials could not provide exact figures or say how serious those injuries might be.
FAA confirms overrun during landing
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the accident happened shortly after touchdown on the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. The agency said in a statement:
21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6. The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The FAA's language confirms that the aircraft had already touched down and was trying to bring the landing to a safe stop when it left the runway. Runway overruns can occur when an airplane lands too fast, too deep into the runway, or when braking is compromised by wet or contaminated pavement or mechanical problems. It is too early to say what role, if any, those factors played.
A large emergency response
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed more than 60 units to the site, and the airport stopped all departures and arrivals while emergency crews worked. Videos and photographs from near the crash showed the Amazon logo visible on the aircraft's tail, with black smoke pouring off the airframe and visible from the road. The plane came to rest beyond the airport boundary, a scenario that made the scene even more hazardous for responding firefighters because the accident site included the vehicles and the surrounding roadway.
Firefighters extinguished the flames and attempted to account for every person who had been on the aircraft and in the vehicles that were hit. At publication time, no list of crew members or confirmed fatalities had been released. Commercial flights from Miami, a major travel hub, were temporarily grounded, causing cascading delays across the terminal. Airport and county authorities were telling travelers to monitor their airline for revised schedules.
Amazon and 21 Air respond
Amazon quickly issued a statement through spokesperson Kelly Nantel, confirming that the aircraft belonged to Amazon Air and was operated by 21 Air. Nantel said the company was cooperating with authorities and focusing on the people involved. The statement read:
“We can confirm that
Source: The Verge News