Amazon introduced Sunday it’s pausing operations with cargo service 21 Air following final week’s cargo aircraft crash in Miami, which killed 5 folks and injured 5 others.
“After the tragic incident final weekend, we’ve hung out supporting the investigation and reviewing among the surrounding circumstances, and we’ve determined to pause our operations with 21 Air, the operator of Flight 7598,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel mentioned in a press release. “We’ll proceed working to assist the investigation and everybody affected.”
In response to Amazon’s website, all of its cargo flights are operated by direct air service companions together with Air Transport Worldwide, ABX, 21 Air, Solar Nation, Hawaiian Airways, Cargojet, ASL, and Quickjet.
The Amazon cargo aircraft, operated by 21 Air, overran the runway by about 1,300 ft whereas touchdown at Miami Worldwide Airport on Sept. 6, based on authorities. Federal investigators additionally mentioned the aircraft first struck a van with seven folks after which one other automobile earlier than it got here to a cease in a discipline.
In response to Amazon’s choice to pause operations with 21 Air, the service mentioned its focus stays on supporting the households and family members impacted by the accident “in addition to working carefully with the NTSB and all our companions, like Amazon, because the investigation continues. We’re assured in our security insurance policies, procedures and coaching.”
An Amazon cargo aircraft is seen after it crashed at Miami Worldwide Airport on Sept. 6, 2026, in Miami, Florida. In a press release, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned Prime Air Flight 7598 overran the runway whereas touchdown round 2 p.m. after departing from Luis Munoz Marin Worldwide Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, earlier Sunday. (Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty Photos)
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The 5 folks killed within the crash 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. Authorities mentioned the 2 pilots on board the aircraft had been handled for accidents and launched from the hospital and three remained hospitalized, with two in crucial situation and one in steady situation.
Earlier this week, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board, which is main the continued investigation into the crash, launched a readout of the ultimate minutes earlier than the crash taken from the cockpit voice recorder, which contained greater than two hours of audio.
About 1 minute and 42 seconds earlier than the aircraft crashed, one of many pilots warned they had been going too quick and continued to make feedback in regards to the aircraft’s “extreme pace all through the rest of the recording,” based on the NTSB abstract.
About 30 seconds earlier than the crash, the NTSB mentioned sounds just like the plane touching down may be heard, however about 15 seconds later, one of many pilots known as for the “go-around” to abort the touchdown. Simply 5 seconds later, the aircraft had already veered off the runway.
