Evidence suggests pilots considered aborting landing in Miami cargo plane crash


Tesla cars are parked in a lot next to where a crashed Amazon Prime Air cargo plane came to rest, where airport officials said it overran a runway at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, U.S., September 7, 2026. REUTERS/Marco Bello

WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - ⁠The National Transportation Safety Board said ⁠on Tuesday that evidence recovered from a ‌flight data recorder suggested the pilots considered aborting the landing of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane before ​it crashed in Miami and ⁠killed five people on ⁠the ground.

The 32-year-old Boeing 767 operated by Miami-based ⁠21 ‌Air overran the runway by some 1,300 feet (396 m) and crashed into ⁠two vehicles on the ground on ​Sunday, killing ‌five people and injuring five others.

NTSB Chair ⁠Jennifer Homendy ​said investigators would interview both of the pilots on Wednesday.

The NTSB said that 30 seconds ⁠before the end of the flight ​data recording, the nose landing gear and right main landing gear touched down, while 19 ⁠seconds before the end of the recording, the left main landing gear touched down.

A few seconds later, the brakes were released and the ​throttles were increased to ⁠values consistent with go-around thrust.

The NTSB added there ​was no indication in ‌the recorded data that speed ​brakes or thrust reversers were deployed.

(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Jamie Freed)

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