An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo jet overran a runway after landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, triggering a major emergency response and temporarily shutting down airport operations.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, coming to a stop beyond the airport perimeter as smoke rose from the aircraft and emergency crews rushed to the scene.
The Federal Aviation Administration identified the aircraft as 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operating for Amazon Prime Air. The flight had departed Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, before landing in Miami around 2 p.m. “21 Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 6,” the FAA said. “The Boeing 767-300 cargo aircraft departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The FAA will investigate.”
Miami International Airport said the aircraft overran its diagonal runway and became disabled at the northwest end of the airport. Video from the scene showed the jet leaving the end of Runway 30, crossing a perimeter road and Northwest 67th Avenue before stopping in a field. Footage circulated online showing smoke rising around the aircraft.
Dozens of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded after receiving a call at approximately 1:55 p.m., with county emergency records describing the incident as a hazardous situation. “Prime Air flight 7598 overran Miami International Airport’s diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport,” airport officials said.
The incident brought airport operations to a halt. “All runways and taxiways at MIA are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m. and a ground stop is in effect,” airport officials said. The FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center subsequently indicated that the ground stop could remain in effect until at least 4:30 p.m. because of the disabled aircraft.
Authorities had not announced confirmed injuries or fatalities as of the latest updates. Officials also had not determined what caused the aircraft to overrun the runway, and early reports provided no verified basis to attribute the incident to weather, mechanical failure or crew actions.
The FAA said it will investigate the accident as emergency personnel continue working at the scene and airport officials assess when normal flight operations can safely resume.