Amazon cargo plane goes off runway in Miami, killing ten people

An air tragedy leaves the United States in mourning. Early Sunday afternoon, an Amazon cargo plane left the end of the runway at Miami International Airport. The flight involved is Prime Air 7598, a Boeing 767-300 from Puerto Rico

The accident occurred during landing. Many victims are to be deplored. While the American Transportation Safety Agency (NTSB) has announced that it is sending investigators and plans to organize a press conference this Monday, 20 Minutes gives you the first information known about this disaster.

What is the human toll?

“We now know that five people lost their lives and five others were injured,” said Miami Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava during a press conference at the airport, a little less than three hours after the accident.

Of those injured, three are in "critical condition" and the other two were transported to a local hospital, Miami Fire Chief Dade Ray Jadallah added.

How did the accident happen?

“Prime Air flight 7598 left the end of the runway at Miami International Airport […] at approximately 2 p.m., leaving the aircraft stopped northwest of the airport,” the airport reported on X. “It came to rest in a field adjacent to the airport,” said the county mayor. In its course, the aircraft struck several vehicles. Amazon confirmed the accident occurred during landing.

How should the emergency services have operated?

The head of the local fire brigade indicated that his teams carried out “a complex extrication operation” to rescue “several victims who were trapped inside”. The firefighters also had to remove the pilot and co-pilot, trapped in the cockpit, while the plane's engines were "on fire". He finally specified that his teams were working to control a kerosene leak at the rear of the aircraft.

Videos on social media showed thick smoke and flames rising from a plane marked Prime Air, which appeared to have crossed a road. “Upon their arrival, the teams found a plane which had caught fire, with large flames and smoke,” the firefighters initially described on X, specifying that they had mobilized more than sixty of their members.

After interrupting its traffic, Miami airport indicated on X that it had reopened a first runway around 5 p.m., then a second around 6 p.m. In images shot by AFP around 4 p.m., the fire appeared to have been extinguished.

What are the previous recent accidents?

In November 2025, the crash of a UPS cargo plane taking off from the Louisville airport in Kentucky, after one of its engines separated, caused fifteen deaths, twelve on the ground and three crew members.

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Last March in New York, a collision between a plane operating on behalf of Air Canada and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport cost the lives of the plane's two pilots and left several dozen injured.