The Nationwide Transportation Security Board expects to interview the 2 pilots who have been within the cockpit of an Amazon Air cargo aircraft that overran a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, crashing right into a van and leaving 5 individuals lifeless.
At a press briefing Tuesday evening, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy mentioned investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorders, which she mentioned incorporates 2 hours of good-quality audio, and the flight information recorder, which she mentioned incorporates 55 hours’ value of information.
Staff examine an Amazon cargo aircraft two days after it overshot a runway at Miami Worldwide Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami.
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Investigators have already combed by means of among the information, which indicated that the aircraft was coming in for touchdown, however that a number of seconds earlier than the recording ends, throttles elevated in keeping with a “go-around thrust,” NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin mentioned. Just a few seconds later, brakes have been reapplied and continued to be utilized till the tip of the recording, however there was no indication that pace brakes or thrust reversers have been deployed, he mentioned.
Legislation enforcement officers stroll in entrance of a destroyed engine as they examine an Amazon cargo aircraft two days after it overshot a runway at Miami Worldwide Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami.
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Homendy mentioned the NSTB anticipated to launch a readout of the voice recorder on Wednesday after the pilots had been interviewed.
The cargo aircraft, Amazon Air Flight 7598 arriving from Puerto Rico, was carrying about 32,000 kilos of principally contact lenses, Homendy mentioned.
Officers examine a automobile that was destroyed two days earlier when an Amazon cargo aircraft overshot a runway at Miami Worldwide Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, in Miami.
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When it overran the runway, the aircraft hit a Ford Econoline van owned by an organization that cleans plane, with seven individuals inside.
The 5 individuals who have been killed have been recognized by the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Workplace as: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.
The plane’s two pilots have been handled and have been launched from the hospital, in keeping with the sheriff’s workplace.
