Chicago – September 07, 2026
Five people were killed when a cargo plane crashed at the Miami International Airport on Sunday. Local officials said the scene on the ground was chaotic, with multiple people taken to area hospitals.
Rosie Cordero-Stutz, the Miami-Dade County sheriff, said that the plane, operated by Amazon, overran the runway at approximately 1:58 p.m. “It came to rest at a field adjacent to the airport,” she said.
Video posted on social media shows the Prime Air plane, a Boeing 767, off the runway with its tail over the fence and thick black smoke rising from the aircraft.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said over 60 MDFR units had responded. During a news briefing, MDFR Chief Ray Jadallah said there was a fuel leak from the aircraft, which they are working to mitigate.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to NPR that Flight 7598 originally took off from Luis Muñoz MarÃn International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The FAA said it will investigate the crash.
The Miami-Dade Aviation Department said in a statement that the plane overran the diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport. “All runways and taxiways at MIA are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m.,” the department said.
