According to the latest information from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the Amazon Air flight operating as N123FE, a Boeing 767-33A(ER) freighter, warned its pilots that the aircraft was “too fast” on approach to Miami International Airport (MIA) on September 6, 2026.
The NTSB reported that the captain first voiced concerns about excessive speed 1 minute 42 seconds before the end of the cockpit voice recording, repeating such comments throughout the remainder of the recording.
In the recording, a sink‑rate warning sounded “sink rate sink rate” at 1:04 and 0:57 before touchdown, and the terrain alert “too low terrain” was issued five times within the final 17 seconds before impact.
About 15 seconds after the nose and right main gear first touched down, a pilot called for a go‑around, matching the flight data recorder’s application of go‑around thrust; 11 seconds later the throttles were reduced to idle and the brakes reapplied.
Ten seconds before the end of the recording, sounds similar to the aircraft departing the paved surface could be heard; the final recorded ground speed was 65 knots (about 75 mph).
The aircraft overran the airport perimeter, crossed a public road and struck a van owned by an aircraft‑cleaning company, killing all five occupants: Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo (53), Rolando Aleman Leon (55), Julio C. Pineda (75), Carlos Acosta Fajardo (53) and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo (47).
The 32‑year‑old Boeing 767-33A(ER) was operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon Air; the captain, a former U.S. Army Black Hawk pilot, is 55 years old with 7,145 flight hours, while the first officer is 37 with 2,655 hours.
