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Pilot of Amazon plane flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say

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Pilot of Amazon plane flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say. (2026, September 10). CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amazon-cargo-plane-pilot-crash-excessive-speed-9.7338075?cmp=rss

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A former FAA official says investigators found that one pilot repeatedly warned the other about excessive speed before a deadly Amazon plane crash in Miami on Sunday, but the second pilot didn't consistently respond. The pilot's warnings came nearly two minutes ahead of time, and at the last second they urged aborting the landing. According to cockpit recordings released by the National Transportation Safety Board, the plane was traveling at an unknown speed when it crashed into a van and a SUV on the runway, killing five people. The agency said the full transcript of the recording won't be made public until later.
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Story summary

On September 6, an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300 operated by 21 Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport, striking several vehicles and bursting into flames. The crash resulted in the deaths of five people and injuries to others. Over 60 units from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded, finding heavy flames and smoke upon arrival. All runways and taxiways were closed, causing significant delays and possible cancellations for flights through Miami International Airport. Amazon confirmed it would cooperate with any investigation conducted by the FAA, which will look into the incident.

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Amazon Miami NTSB National Transportation Safety Board The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board

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Amazon ORG · 3× Miami GPE · 2× FAA ORG · 1× Mike O'Donnell PERSON · 1× NTSB ORG · 1× National Transportation Safety Board ORG · 1× O'Donnell PERSON · 1× The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Amazon plane came in fast on Sunday afternoon and then barrelled roughly 400 metres past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane-cleaning company before hitting a compact SUV as it slid across a public road before catching fire.
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🔮 At the point when the pilot first called out the plane was speeding, former FAA official Mike O'Donnell said the crew could have done a number of things to slow it down, including extending the spoilers, cutting the throttles and lowering the landing gear.
2026-09-10 · CBC News
Pilot of Amazon plane flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say · mixed framing

Claims (9 extracted, 3 hedged)

Pilot of Amazon plane flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say 2nd pilot didn't consistently respond to speed warnings, says National Transportation Safety Board One of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people on Sunday repeatedly warned they were coming in too fast nearly two minutes ahead of time and at the last second urged them to abort the landing, according to cockpit recordings released by investigators Wednesday. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released some details from the recording after investigators interviewed both pilots, but the full transcript won't be made public until later. uncertain
transcript → flag → pilots
The agency said the other pilot didn't consistently respond to the speed warnings. asserted
pilot → say → warnings
The Amazon plane came in fast on Sunday afternoon and then barrelled roughly 400 metres past the end of the runway and smashed into a van carrying workers at a plane-cleaning company before hitting a compact SUV as it slid across a public road before catching fire. asserted
it → come → fire
All five people who died were in the van. asserted
who → die → van
Five others were hurt, including two who remained in critical condition on Tuesday. asserted
who → hurt → Tuesday
The two pilots survived. asserted
pilots → survive → ?
At the point when the pilot first called out the plane was speeding, former FAA official Mike O'Donnell said the crew could have done a number of things to slow it down, including extending the spoilers, cutting the throttles and lowering the landing gear. uncertain
crew → call → gear
Or the pilots could have aborted the landing at that point and circled to try again. uncertain
pilots → abort → point
"You have plenty of time to slow down, plenty of time to say, let's just do a go-around at two minutes out," said O'Donnell, who used to oversee airport safety and crash investigations. asserted
who → have → safety
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