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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 9
Widow Sues Amazon, 21 Air and 2 Pilots After Miami 767 Crash Killed 5
Updated
Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 9

Widow Sues Amazon, 21 Air and 2 Pilots After Miami 767 Crash Killed 5

3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 9

Summary

  • A wrongful-death lawsuit filed Wednesday targets Amazon, Amazon Air Cargo, 21 Air LLC and the two pilots of the Boeing 767 that overshot a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday.
  • Yaraisi Santiso Morejon brought the case after her 53-year-old husband, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, was killed when the aircraft struck the van he was driving.
  • The Labor Day weekend crash killed five men, making the suit the first reported legal action tied to the Miami cargo-plane disaster.

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Will this wrongful-death lawsuit expose systemic safety cover-ups within Amazon's contracted air cargo network following the tragic runway overrun?
Could a missing runway safety system at Miami International Airport have prevented the fatal Amazon cargo plane crash that killed five workers?
Why did the pilots of the 32-year-old Boeing 767 fail to deploy brakes before overshooting the runway and causing a fatal disaster?