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Amazon cargo plane overruns runway at Miami airport, causing delays and suspended flights

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • An Amazon-operated Boeing 767-300 overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport after flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  • The incident caused delays and temporarily suspended operations at one of the airport’s terminals.
  • The FAA said it would investigate, while authorities had not released details about injuries.

An Amazon-operated cargo plane overran the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, disrupting operations at one of the United States’ major airports. The incident caused delays and temporarily suspended flights.

Local media images showed the large aircraft tilted over a road outside the airport, with a dense column of black smoke rising into the sky. The FAA identified the aircraft as a Boeing 767-300.

The agency said Air Flight 7598 left Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and ran off the runway at about 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, September 6. The FAA said it would investigate and advised travelers to contact their airlines for information about scheduled flights.

No details about the incident or possible injuries had been released at the time of the report. The story remained developing.

Flight 7598 of Air Flight ran off the runway after landing at Miami International Airport at around 2 p.m. local time on Sunday, September 6.

· Federal Aviation AdministrationThe FAA described the aircraft, its flight and the timing of the runway overrun in a post on X.
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