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NTSB investigating MD-83 accident near Miami with one serious injury

An accident record for a World Atlantic Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 near Miami on August 23, 2025 lists one person on board and one serious injury; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:47 a.m. ET
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an accident involving a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operated by near Miami, Florida, on August 23, 2025, at about local time. The accident record lists one person on board and one serious injury. The investigation is open, and this account rests on an early official record that may be revised. The NTSB record identifies the aircraft as and classifies the flight as a Part 121 scheduled air carrier operation. The cause has not been determined. Aircraft registry records list as a McDonnell Douglas MD 83, a twin-engine jet landplane with P&W JT8D-15 engines, serial number 53470, built in 1996 and 29 years old at the time of the accident. The registry lists the registered owner as Caribbean Sun Airlines Inc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Company and public records — including the carrier's own website, Wikipedia and the Florida Division of Corporations — describe Caribbean Sun Airlines, Inc. as a Florida-based carrier trading as , founded in September 2002, hubbed at Miami International Airport and operating MD-80 series aircraft. Those sources name Tomas Romero as owner and president and Patrick Joseph as chief operating officer; the investigation has made no finding connecting either of them to this accident. NTSB records list three other cases involving the same operator or owner: DCA25WA176, N802WA, an MD 83 at Havana on March 31, 2025; DCA24WA282, N802WA, an MD 83 at Santa Clara on June 2, 2024; and DCA18FA144, N807WA, a DC 9 83 (MD-83) at Alexandria, Louisiana, on April 20, 2018. For the type, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, records two other MD 83 cases, of which none involved a fatality. Neither record says anything about the cause of this accident. Weather observations recorded at Miami International Airport, 6.2 miles away and 13 minutes from the reported time, show calm wind, visibility of 10 statute miles, few clouds at 2,000 feet and a temperature of 79°F. That is an instrument reading only and is not a stated factor in the accident. The NTSB investigation continues.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N805WA
Type
Mcdonnell Douglas Aircraft Co MD 83 — twin-engine jet landplane
Engines
P & W JT8D-15
Built
1996-01-01 (29 years old)
Registered owner
Caribbean Sun Airlines IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
23 ft
Nearest aerodrome
6.2 miles ESE of Miami International Airport (KMIA/MIA)

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:47current

    Removed an unsupported director-of-safety name from the post-holder list, attributed the owner-background details to the specific records they come from, and clarified the weather reading as sensor data.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 21:40

    First published.

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