MIAMI, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 07: Jennifer Homendy, Chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, holds a press conference on the investigation into the Amazon Cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport on September 07, 2026 in Miami, Florida. According to reports, at least five people died, and five others were injured during the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration said Prime Air Flight 7598 overran the runway while landing around 2 p.m. on September 6th after departing from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
September 7, 2026
Flight data recorders recovered from Amazon cargo plane crash
MIAMI, United States (AFP)—Officials have recovered the flight data recorders from an Amazon cargo plane that crash-landed in Miami, leaving at least five people dead, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.
“We were able to recover the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder,” and the devices were being sent to the NTSB for analysis, safety board chair Jennifer Homendy told reporters about the Sunday afternoon crash, in which the Boeing 767 overshot the runway and slammed into a van carrying seven people and also struck another vehicle.
