A horrifying accident involving a cargo aircraft and a car has\noccurred in Miami, United States. The incident left five people\ndead.<\/p>\n
As reported by AFP on Monday (7\/9\/2026), the Amazon-owned aircraft\nskidded off the runway at Miami International Airport. The plane struck\nseveral vehicles and caught fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt least five people have lost their lives,\u201d said Miami Sheriff\nRosie Cordero-Stutz, as quoted by the AFP news agency on Monday\n(7\/9\/2026).<\/p>\n
Video footage shows flames and thick smoke billowing from the\nblue-and-white Boeing 767. The aircraft was reported to have arrived at\naround 2pm local time from Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n
Some 60 fire engines were deployed to extinguish the blaze. The\nMiami-Dade Fire Rescue Department stated that the aircraft, operating as\nPrime Air Flight 7598, caught fire after colliding with vehicles.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirefighters are working to extinguish the flames and check on the\nvictims,\u201d the department wrote on the X platform.<\/p>\n
The aircraft reportedly left the runway and struck vehicles near the\nairport area. All runways and taxiways were subsequently closed\nfollowing the accident.<\/p>\n
Amazon issued a statement saying the aircraft had experienced an\nincident whilst attempting to land.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a rapidly evolving situation and we are still gathering\ndetails. We are working closely with local authorities and officials to\nunderstand exactly what happened,\u201d said Amazon spokesperson Kelly\nNantel.<\/p>\n
Cause Under Investigation<\/p>\n
United States authorities are investigating the cause of the\nAmazon-owned Boeing 767 cargo aircraft running off the runway at Miami\nInternational Airport. The chief of the Miami-Dade County fire\ndepartment, Ray Jadallah, said three other people were rushed to trauma\ncentres in a \u2018critical condition\u2019, and two more were being treated at a\nlocal hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeveral victims were trapped inside the vehicles,\u201d said\nJadallah.<\/p>\n
Jadallah said officers had to carry out a \u2018complicated evacuation\nprocess\u2019. This included, he said, a \u2018search and rescue operation for the\npilot and co-pilot trapped inside the aircraft\u2019.<\/p>\n
He did not clarify whether the pilot and co-pilot of the cargo\naircraft had survived. The identities of the five deceased have not been\nreleased to the public.<\/p>\n
He said a total of 60 fire service vehicles and nearly 200 personnel\nfrom the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department were deployed to carry out\nthe search and rescue operation, as well as firefighting efforts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe exact cause of this incident will be determined by the FAA and\nNTSB,\u201d Jadallah said in his statement, referring to the Federal Aviation\nAdministration and the National Transportation Safety Board.<\/p>\n
The NTSB, in a statement on the social media platform X, said it had\ndeployed a specialist team to investigate the aircraft\u2019s runway\nexcursion, which occurred on Sunday (6\/9).<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/horrifying-cargo-plane-crash-kills-five-in-miami-1788792829", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }