Five people killed after Amazon cargo plane crashes at Miami airport
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- An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300 veered off the runway after landing at Miami International Airport.
- The aircraft had flown from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and struck several vehicles after leaving the runway.
- Miami-Dade firefighters and rescue crews responded to the crash, which killed five people, according to authorities.
An Amazon cargo plane crashed after veering off the runway at Miami International Airport, killing five people, according to authorities.
The Federal Aviation Administration said Prime Air Flight 7598 left the runway at about 2 p.m. local time, or 2000 GMT. The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300 that had departed from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The plane struck several vehicles after landing. More than 60 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units went to the scene, the department said in a Facebook post.
The rescue department said its crews found an aircraft that had caught fire when they arrived. The supplied report ends while describing the response.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. 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.
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