On 6 September 2026, 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767‑33A(ER) freighter operated for Amazon Air, overran runway 30 at Miami International Airport (MIA), struck two vehicles on a public road and killed five people on the ground.
NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy held a press conference on 8 September 2026. Senior Investigator Chihoon Shin presented flight‑data recorder (FDR) data: nose and right main gear touched down at 158 kt 30 s before the end of recording; brakes applied 23 s before; left main gear touched down at 134 kt 19 s before; brakes released at 120 kt 15 s before; “Throttles increased to values consistent with go‑around thrust”; 11 s before the end throttles reduced to idle power and brakes reapplied at 117 kt; throttles remained idle with brakes applied; 7 s before the end accelerations changed at 96 kt; final recorded ground speed 65 kt.
Shin added that there was “No indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed”.
NTSB confirmed interviews with the chief pilot and the two pilots on board will take place on 9 September 2026. The captain is 55 years old with 7,145 flight hours and received the 767 type rating in May 2026; the first officer is 37 years old with 2,655 hours and received the type rating on 2 April 2025.
The cockpit voice recorder contains more than two hours of good‑quality audio; the FDR holds roughly 55 hours of data and over 400 parameters. Take‑off weight was 252,182 lb (114.4 t) and planned landing weight 231,236 lb (104.9 t).
