Amazon cargo plane skids off runway during landing, flights suspended
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- An Amazon Boeing 767 cargo plane left the runway while landing at Miami International Airport after departing from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- The FAA suspended airport flights until 4:30 p.m. local time and opened an investigation.
- Authorities had not yet provided information about the crewโs condition.
An Amazon Boeing 767 cargo plane skidded off the runway while landing at Miami International Airport in Florida after departing from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Early images shared on social media showed the large aircraft lying sideways on a road outside the runway, with black smoke rising from its still-intact fuselage.
The Federal Aviation Administration said flights at the airport were suspended until 4:30 p.m. local time after the crash and that an investigation had begun. Authorities had not released information about the condition of the crew, and inquiries into the accident were continuing.
Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.