Plane Crash / Five Killed, Five Injured as Amazon Cargo Plane Crashes at Miami International Airport
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An Amazon cargo plane, a Boeing 767-300, overran the runway and crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five others.
Miami, Sep 7: Five people were killed and five others injured after an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway and crashed at Miami International Airport in Florida, authorities said.
The accident took place at 1:58 p.m. local time (1758 GMT) on Sunday, Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said at a press conference.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said five people were hospitalised following the crash.
Video footage showed thick smoke billowing from the aircraft.
The accident took place at 1:58 p.m. local time (1758 GMT) on Sunday, Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said at a press conference.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said five people were hospitalised following the crash.
Video footage showed thick smoke billowing from the aircraft.
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The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said on X that more than 60 units and approximately 200 firefighters responded to the scene, reports Xinhua news agency.
In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at the airport around 2 p.m. Eastern Time (1800 GMT) on Sunday.
The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300 cargo plane, had departed from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the agency said, adding that an investigation would be carried out.
The aircraft "experienced an incident while attempting to land," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in the FAA statement. "This is a fast-moving situation, and we're still gathering details."
Earlier on Saturday, two people were killed and two others injured after a small plane crashed in Fresno, a city in the US state of California, authorities said.
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First responders "discovered a fixed-wing single-engine aeroplane on fire atop the bluff of the San Joaquin River," the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. "Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and prevent them from spreading onto the properties of nearby homes."
In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at the airport around 2 p.m. Eastern Time (1800 GMT) on Sunday.
The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300 cargo plane, had departed from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the agency said, adding that an investigation would be carried out.
The aircraft "experienced an incident while attempting to land," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in the FAA statement. "This is a fast-moving situation, and we're still gathering details."
Earlier on Saturday, two people were killed and two others injured after a small plane crashed in Fresno, a city in the US state of California, authorities said.
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First responders "discovered a fixed-wing single-engine aeroplane on fire atop the bluff of the San Joaquin River," the Fresno County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. "Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and prevent them from spreading onto the properties of nearby homes."
Four people were on board the aircraft at the time of the crash. Two children were pronounced dead at the scene, while two adults were critically injured and taken to hospital, according to an official statement.
The US National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.
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