5 Dead in Amazon Prime Air 767 Crash

FAA, NTSB, and Miami authorities are now investigating.

Zach Vasile

Sunday, September 06, 2026 at 08:10 PM ET

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Amazon Prime Air 767 [Credit: Amazon]

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An Amazon-branded cargo aircraft, operated by 21 Air, overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, crashing into vehicles beyond the airport's limits.
The incident resulted in five confirmed fatalities and five injuries, three of which are critical; authorities have not specified if those killed were on the aircraft or on the ground.
The Boeing 767-300 was completing a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the FAA and NTSB are investigating the crash, with Amazon cooperating.

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Multiple people were killed Sunday afternoon when an Amazon-branded cargo aircraft overran the runway at Miami International Airport (KMIA) and struck several vehicles beyond the airport’s limits.

Local officials confirmed that five people died in the crash. Another five people were injured, and three of them are in critical condition, according to Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ray Jadallah.