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Amazon Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami Airport, Leaving 'Utter Devastation
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In Short: An Amazon cargo plane that landed at Miami International Airport on Sunday crashed.
The plane, which was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, burst into flames upon impact, sending up a large plume of black smoke.
A 32-person NTSB team is on site investigating the crash, with responders working to gather physical evidence, remove fuel from the crashed plane, and recover victims.
The plane hit two vehicles, including a white van carrying seven people within the airport perimeter, and a Toyota with three passengers.
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- Video of the crash showed a second ball of fire nearby as the plane broke apart.
- "It is a reminder of the daily danger faced by Greece’s aviators, who remain on constant standby to protect Greece's skies." The jet burst into flames on impact, sending up a large plume of black smoke, prompting 11 water-dropping planes and helicopters to assist 85 firefighters in extinguishing the blaze.
- The crash killed five people and injured five others The crash killed five people and injured five others An Amazon cargo plane that killed five people when it overshot the runway and crashed in Miami on Sunday left behind a scene of “utter devastation,” according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
- The crash spread jet fuel “everywhere” across the impact site, while a Ford van with seven people inside it was “torn apart” by the Boeing jet, NTSB chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters on Monday in Miami.
- The van, struck inside the grounds of the airport, was owned by a cleaning contractor, Professional Ocean Service Corporation, the NTSB said.
- A “key part” of the investigation will be whether an Engineered Material Arresting System, designed to stop planes that escape their runways, would’ve prevented more destruction, Homendy said.
- The plane hit another vehicle, a Toyota Corolla SUV, after bursting through an airport fence, part of a violent crash that left the jet roughly 1,300 feet past the end of the runway surface.
- Officials have recovered the plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorders for analysis.