Black Boxes Recovered in Deadly Miami Cargo Jet Crash
The Facts
- Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Monday they recovered the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people.
- NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said the black boxes were being sent to the agency's Washington headquarters Monday night, with the data expected to be downloaded Tuesday. She is leading a team of 32 investigators at the airport.
- The 32-year-old Boeing 767-33A, operated by 21 Air LLC, overran the runway by about 1,300 feet (396 meters) and struck a van carrying seven airline cleaning crew members, then went through a perimeter fence and hit a Toyota SUV on Northwest 67th Avenue.
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The Spin
Narrative A
Miami International already meets every federal safety standard, with the full 1,000-foot runway safety area the FAA demands. Arresting beds exist precisely for airports too cramped to provide that buffer, and no U.S. airport stacks both — so pointing at a missing system is a distraction. Annual FAA inspections have confirmed compliance year after year, and the real answers will come from the investigation.
Narrative B
Checking a regulatory box is a low bar when crushable arresting beds are credited with saving at least 497 lives at more than 120 airports across the country. A 1,000-foot buffer did nothing to keep a 767 from tearing through a fence, crossing a public road and killing five people in a parking lot. With $9 billion pouring into airport infrastructure, funding EMAS on every Miami runway should be automatic.
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