Investigators said an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort its landing before it overran the runway at Miami International Airport and crashed into vehicles, killing five people.
Flight data released Tuesday showed the Boeing 767-300 attempted a “go-around”, a routine manoeuvre in which pilots abandon a landing and climb back into the air for another approach.
NTSB investigator Chihoon Shin said the pilots later applied the brakes and reduced the throttle to idle as they tried to stop the aircraft. The plane eventually came to a halt about 1,300 feet (400 metres) beyond the end of the paved runway.
The five people killed in Sunday’s crash were inside a cleaning-services van that was struck by the aircraft. Three other people remain in hospital, with two in critical condition and one stable.
The two pilots, aged 55 and 37, have been released from hospital, officials said Tuesday. They are scheduled to be interviewed by investigators on Wednesday.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is leading the investigation, while the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office is conducting a separate inquiry into the deaths on the ground, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said investigators were examining the aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder as part of the investigation.
The crash caused hundreds of flight delays at Miami International Airport, one of Florida’s busiest airports.
The aircraft was a Boeing 767-300 built in 1994 and operated by Miami-based 21 Air LLC under contract with Amazon.
It was making its third flight of the day when it arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, before the accident.
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