On a busy Labor Day weekend, an Amazon cargo plane failed to halt on the runway at Miami International Airport, carrying its full weight into vehicles beyond the tarmac's edge and killing five people. The collision arrived at a moment when the nation's airports were already stretched thin and travelers were absorbing rising fuel costs, compressing the margin between routine and catastrophe. What began as an ordinary cargo landing now opens a reckoning with the fragile systems — mechanical, human, and institutional — that keep flight safe.
Amazon cargo plane overruns Miami runway, kills at least 5
At least five people were killed when the cargo plane struck vehicles on the ground after overrunning the runway.