The US National Transportation Safety Board has released its first preliminary report on the Miami runway overrun involving 21 Air flight 7598, a Boeing 767-33A operating for Amazon Prime Air. The jet left the runway at Miami International Airport on 6 September, struck two ground vehicles and killed five people on the ground.
The report places the aircraft’s touchdown about 3,750 feet past the runway threshold, leaving little stopping distance before it ran off the paved surface. Cockpit data indicated the first officer warned the captain that the aircraft was too fast during the approach, and the captain called for a go-around only after touchdown, when the remaining runway was almost exhausted.
Investigators also highlighted a radio communication issue. The controller cleared the aircraft to land but did not pass wind information, even though regulations require wind direction and velocity to be stated when a tailwind component exists. The flight had arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the preliminary report does not assign probable cause.
The two pilots sustained minor injuries, while three people on the ground were seriously injured. The NTSB said the document is intended to establish facts early in the inquiry, with a fuller investigation still under way.