By Lucy Davalou & Sertac Aktan & Manuela Scarpellini
07/09/2026 - 4:10 GMT+2
At least five people have died, and five others were injured as an Amazon cargo plane hit multiple vehicles, sparking a fire and sending plumes of smoke into the sky after barreling off the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, forcing one of the US's busiest airports to close all of its runways.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the pilots survived or whether those killed were all in vehicles when the plane struck. From the wounded, three have been critically injured, and two others were hospitalised with less severe injuries, Miami-Dade County officials told at a news conference.
The aircraft overran the runway mid-afternoon after heading into Florida from San Juan, Puerto Rico, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
