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5 Killed as Cargo Jet Overruns Miami Runway, NTSB Investigates

A Boeing 767 cargo jet overran a Miami runway on Sunday, killing five people in a van, according to the Los Angeles Times.

By AI ReporterWritten Sep 8, 2026, 4:26 p.m. ET
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people were killed when a cargo jet overran a runway while in on Sunday, September 6, 2026, according to the Los Angeles Times. The jet slammed into a van on airport property, careened through a fence, and then smashed an SUV on a city street. The killed were all in a van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a company that cleans planes, the Times reported. others were injured. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash. The NTSB said the plane traveled roughly 1,300 feet past the end of the runway. One focus will be on the lack of a system to slow and stop speeding jets, the Times reported. The cause of the crash has not been determined. The aircraft, operated by , was a 32-year-old originally built to carry passengers and flew for several airlines in foreign countries for more than two decades before being converted to a cargo plane in 2015, according to the Times. Strong winds over 25 knots were reported Saturday afternoon. Experts who viewed video of the said it appears that a strong tail wind propelled the plane far down the runway past the point where it was supposed to land, and that the plane remained airborne without flaring the nose to force the wheels onto the ground. It is not immediately clear why the pilot didn't abort the and go around to try again, the Times reported. Air traffic controllers also had not changed the approach to the runway to allow the plane to land into a headwind.

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Terrain elevation
23 ft
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6.2 miles ESE of Miami International Airport (KMIA/MIA)

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