The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the fatal 21 Air cargo accident at Miami International Airport, saying the flight crew was cleared to land without required wind information before the Boeing 767-33A overran Runway 30 on 6 September. The aircraft, operating on behalf of Amazon, had arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the crash killed five people on the ground.
The report identifies Flight 7598 as a 21 Air freighter that touched down long after the runway threshold and then continued past the pavement. The two pilots survived with minor injuries, while three people were seriously injured. Investigators have not reached a final cause, and the case remains open.
The preliminary findings point to a possible chain of operational issues. Four minutes before clearing the cargo jet to land, the same controller gave another aircraft wind information indicating winds from about 190 degrees at 19 knots with gusts to 22 knots. FAA procedures require wind direction and speed to be stated when a tailwind component exists.
Media summaries of the report also describe a late touchdown at high speed, with the aircraft landing at roughly 160 knots groundspeed, and no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed. The NTSB expects the full investigation to take many months and possibly more than a year.