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Federal report says pilots weren’t warned about wind before Amazon cargo plane crashed in Miami
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An air traffic controller failed to warn pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds before it crashed in Miami, killing five people. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday.
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MIAMI, FLORIDA – SEPTEMBER 07: Investigators continue work to determine what caused the crash of an Amazon cargo plane 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.
An air traffic controller didn’t provide an Amazon.com Inc. cargo plane with wind information prior to it crashing at Miami International Airport last month, killing five people on the ground, according to accident investigators.
An air traffic controller failed to warn pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds before it crashed in Miami, killing five people. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Thursday.
MIAMI — Federal investigators released their first report into what when wrong when 21 Air Flight 7598 overshot the runway at Miami International Airport last month, killing five people in a work van and seriously injuring five others.
By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — An Amazon Air cargo plane that careened off the runway in Miami last month didn’t touch down until it was nearly ¾ of a mile past the threshold and the captain didn’t attempt to abort the landing until there was only 930 feet of pavement rema…
The first officer of an Amazon Cargo plane that overran a runway last month and struck two vehicles, killing five people on the ground, warned several times that the plane was coming in too fast during its approach, the NTSB said in its preliminary report.
The co-pilot of an Amazon cargo plane repeatedly warned that the aircraft was flying too fast before it ran off a runway in Miami, Florida, killing five people on the ground, according to a preliminary NTSB report.
