Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, 5 Dead
The Facts
- At least five people were killed and five others were injured Sunday when an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport, struck multiple vehicles and caught fire.
- Three of the injured were taken to a trauma center in critical condition and two others were transported to local hospitals. Several victims were trapped in vehicles and had to be extricated.
- According to the Federal Aviation Administration, 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300, departed from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and overran the diagonal runway after landing around 2 p.m. local time.
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The Spin
Narrative A
This crash looks like a machine that failed its crew. A 767 built in 1994 as a passenger jet and later converted to haul freight came down with thrust reversers that never deployed, stripping away the deceleration a heavy cargo plane needs. When the equipment doesn't do its job, no amount of skill in the cockpit will stop 200,000 pounds of airplane before the pavement runs out.
Narrative B
Blaming the jet dodges the obvious: this landing should never have been attempted. Touching down halfway along the runway with a 30-knot tailwind and only about 7,000 feet left, fast and unstable with the left main gear off the pavement, is a setup for disaster. A go-around was the right call, and even with an equipment failure, that missed approach was the one option that would have saved lives.
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