The Nationwide Transportation Security Board expects to interview the 2 pilots who had 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 folks useless.
At a press briefing Tuesday evening, NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy mentioned investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorders, which she mentioned comprises 2 hours of good-quality audio, and the flight information recorder, which she mentioned comprises 55 hours’ value of information.
Employees 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 via a number of 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 according to a “go-around thrust,” NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin mentioned. Just a few seconds later, brakes had been reapplied and continued to be utilized till the tip of the recording, however there was no indication that pace brakes or thrust reversers had been deployed, he mentioned.
Regulation 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 folks inside.
The 5 individuals who had been killed had 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 had been handled and have been launched from the hospital, in line with the sheriff’s workplace.
