NTSB Recovers 2 Black Boxes After Miami Cargo Jet Crash Kills 5
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Updated · CBS New York · Sep 8
NTSB Recovers 2 Black Boxes After Miami Cargo Jet Crash Kills 5
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Sep 8
Summary
Two black boxes from the Amazon-contracted 21 Air cargo jet have been recovered and sent to Washington after the plane overran a Miami runway and crashed, killing five people in a van.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said both pilots—Joseph Carroll, 55, and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37—were injured, treated and released, though investigators had not yet interviewed them.
Witness Abraham Altamar said one pilot emerged shaking, with injuries to his forehead and hand, called his wife on Altamar’s phone and said, “My career is over.”
Investigators say the jet hit navigation equipment, then the cleaning crew van carrying seven people, broke through two fences, struck an SUV and stopped near parked Tesla robotaxis.
The probe will also examine whether an EMAS arresting system was needed, though Miami International said the runway already has the standard 1,000-foot safety area.