21 Air Suspended

Amazon has suspended its partnership with 21 Air, the cargo carrier whose Boeing 767 ran off a Miami runway and killed five people.

The jet overshot Runway 30 by roughly 1,300 feet, or 396 meters. It slammed into a van carrying airline cleaning workers, the Associated Press reported. All five who died were riding in that van. NBC News named them as Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, Rolando Aleman Leon, 55, Julio C. Pineda, 75, Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53, and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47. Five others were hurt, Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said, according to NBC News.

Flight 7598 was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, around 2 p.m. on Sept. 6. NPR reported cockpit recordings caught one pilot warning the other they were coming in too fast, before and after touchdown. A pilot called for a go-around about 15 seconds after the wheels hit, NBC News reported. NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin said thrust increased in a way consistent with that maneuver. But the speed brakes and thrust reversers never deployed. Why remains unclear, he said.

"After the tragic incident last weekend, we've spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we've decided to pause our operations with 21 Air," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement.

21 Air, based in North Carolina, has flown packages for Amazon since 2024 and also carries freight for DHL. All 18 of its planes are leased, 13 Boeing 767s and five 757s, aviation data firm Cirium told the AP, with at least six leased from Amazon affiliates and three from DHL. The carrier said it remains confident in its "safety policies, procedures and training." CEO Keith Winters offered condolences to the families, according to NBC News, and pledged cooperation with investigators.

Amazon will shift its shipments to other carriers, including Sun Country Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and Cargojet, NBC News reported. DHL has not said whether it will keep flying with 21 Air. Spokesman Robert Mintz told the AP the airline is weighing "the ongoing investigation and the sensitive nature of the matter."

Thirty-two years old, the Boeing 767 flew passengers overseas for more than two decades before its conversion to a cargo hauler in 2015, according to Flightradar24 data cited by NPR and CBC News.

The NTSB investigation continues.