Five Cleaning-Company Workers Identified Among Dead After Amazon-Branded Cargo Plane Overruns Miami Runway
Authorities have identified the five victims killed when a Boeing 767-300 operated by 21 Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport, striking a cleaning-company van and a nearby SUV.
Five employees of Professional Ocean Service Corp., a contract airline-cleaning firm, have been identified as the victims killed Sunday when an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport. The victims were Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierk Reyes Quevedo, 47, officials said at a news conference.
Two other passengers were injured; Eugenio Corredor, 79, and Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, remain in critical condition, while Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, is listed as stable. The aircraft’s pilots, Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, and Joseph Carol, 55, received medical treatment and were released.
The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said the Boeing 767-300 was on its third flight of the day, returning from San Juan, Puerto Rico, when it overshot the runway, struck navigational equipment, a Ford van belonging to the cleaning company, a Toyota SUV on a nearby road, and finally a fence line near a Tesla robotaxi area.
"The plane’s flight data and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered, but it is too early to determine the cause of the overrun," Homendy told reporters.
The cleaning company issued a statement expressing sympathy for the families of the deceased and the injured. 21 Air, the operator of the flight, said it is cooperating with federal investigators and offered condolences to the victims’ families.
Five additional people were taken to hospitals for injuries sustained in the crash.