Data shows Miami 767 left runway at 112 knots in fatal Amazon Air overrun 

The Boeing 767-300 freighter that overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport (MIA) on September 6, 2026, was still moving at 112 knots (roughly 129 miles per hour or 207 kilometers per hour) as it left the usable surface, according to tracking data. 

The last speed logged by Flightradar24 was 69 knots. That energy was enough to carry the aircraft past the airfield boundary and onto a public road, where it struck vehicles and killed at least five people.

A 21 Air Boeing 767 operating for Amazon overran Miami’s Runway 30 this afternoon. Flightradar24 data shows a ground speed of 112 knots as it left the usable runway.Downloadable flight data and updates available at https://t.co/uHIF4KdM17 pic.twitter.com/dnfX0uWjxt— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) September 6, 2026

An aircraft crossing the end of a runway at approach-adjacent speed indicates a stop that failed early, rather than one that fell marginally short. Flight 7598, operated by 21 Air for Amazon Air, had flown for two hours and eleven minutes from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, touching down at 13:53 local time. 

The aircraft involved, registered N1997A, was a 32-year-old Boeing 767-33A(ER) converted from passenger to freighter configuration in 2015. Powered by two General Electric CF6-80C2 engines, it entered service with 21 Air in January 2025 and operated in Prime Air colors.

Thunderstorms and wet runway conditions face scrutiny 

The METAR (METeorological Aerodrome Report) issued at the time of landing recorded thunderstorms over the field, winds from 190 degrees at 17 knots gusting to 26, and cumulonimbus at 2,000 feet.  

Runway surface condition and braking performance are therefore likely early lines of inquiry, an area where the NTSB pressed the FAA in May 2026 to revise its wet runway guidance after reviewing 11 overruns between 2008 and 2022. Touchdown point, thrust reverser and spoiler performance, anti-skid function and landing weight are also to be examined. 

Five dead and three critically injured 

The aircraft crossed the runway safety area and perimeter fence before reaching the road, coming to rest beside two semi-trucks near a parking lot serving an Amazon warehouse. 

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue committed more than 60 units and around 200 personnel, treating ten patients and transporting five. One person was extricated from beneath a struck vehicle, and hazardous materials crews shut down an engine and contained a fuel leak. 

Three of those transported were in critical condition. The two pilots survived. Authorities have not identified the dead or declared whether they were on board or on the ground. 

It is the second US freighter accident in less than a year to kill people outside an airport perimeter, after UPS Flight 2976 came down in an industrial area beyond Louisville in November 2025, killing twelve on the ground. 

NTSB investigation begins in Miami 

An NTSB go-team led by Chair Jennifer Homendy is on site, with a first briefing scheduled for September 7, 2026. Boeing is supporting the investigation.  

21 Air, based in Greensboro, North Carolina, flies contracted 767 services for Amazon and DHL. CEO Keith Winters said that the company was cooperating with federal investigators. Amazon holds no air operator certificate for these flights, the same contracting structure behind the 2019 loss of Atlas Air Flight 3591. 

A ground stop imposed around 14:30 local time was lifted after roughly three hours, and two of four runways reopened, though average arrival delays reached about six and a half hours in the evening. The post Data shows Miami 767 left runway at 112 knots in fatal Amazon Air overrun  appeared first on AeroTime.

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