Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 overruns runway and hits vehicles at Miami airport

Runway excursion and collision with vehicles

An Amazon Prime Air cargo aircraft overran the runway after touching down at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident occurred at approximately 14:00 local time. The aircraft, identified as a Boeing 767-300 operating as Flight 7598, had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Upon reaching the end of the landing strip, the freighter failed to stop on the paved surface, crossed an adjacent road, and struck multiple vehicles outside the perimeter. The plane came to rest in a grassy meadow at the northeast boundary of the airport, stopping adjacent to a road near two articulated trucks. Video footage and photographs published from the site showed the aircraft resting on its belly, largely intact despite sustaining damage, while thick plumes of black smoke billowed into the air.

Emergency rescue operations on the airfield

More than 60 units from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue were dispatched to the northeast end of the airport to contain the flames and tend to people at the crash site. First responders encountered the Boeing 767 with active fires and heavy smoke as they arrived on the scene. Firefighters initiated suppression efforts while medical teams began evaluating the condition of people involved in the collision with the ground vehicles and aboard the aircraft. Local fire authorities confirmed that multiple individuals received medical care, though officials have not published a verified tally of injuries or reported any fatalities.

Upon arrival, crews were met with an aircraft that had caught fire as a result of the crash, with intense flames and heavy smoke. Firefighters are working to extinguish the fire and assist the injured.

Airport ground stop and flight disruptions

The crash prompted Miami International Airport officials to close all runways and taxiways immediately, ordering a total suspension of takeoffs and landings across the airfield. Flight-tracking service FlightRadar24 showed zero arrivals and departures operating at the facility following the shutdown order. Approximately 250 flights were affected during the initial hours of the closure at the south Florida transit hub. The Federal Aviation Administration stated that flight delays will persist even after runways reopen, noting that arrival and departure operations will resume at a reduced pace as emergency personnel secure the accident site and inspect runway infrastructure.

Federal safety investigations

United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that the Federal Aviation Administration is deploying investigators directly to Miami International Airport to inspect the airframe and examine the circumstances of the landing. The National Transportation Safety Board stated that it has begun gathering information regarding the accident. Neither federal agency has determined the specific factors that caused the cargo aircraft to exit the runway at the end of its flight from Puerto Rico. Emergency crews and airport operations teams remain on site as investigators document the physical evidence around the northeast perimeter and the damaged vehicles.