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Five Die After Amazon Cargo Jet Overruns Runway, Hits Cleaning-Van in Miami
Five people inside a van used to shuttle plane-cleaning crews were killed when an Amazon cargo Boeing 767 overran the runway at Miami International Airport and struck the van before crashing through a fence; five others were injured. The pilots were hospitalized and later released. The NTSB is investigating, with a focus on the absence of a speed-reduction system at the runway end and other factors contributing to the excursion. The jet, originally a passenger 767 converted to cargo, had been flying from Puerto Rico and was operated by 21 Air. Two runways remained closed as investigators gather evidence, and hundreds of flights were affected by the incident.
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