Authorities have identified the five victims killed when an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane overran a runway at Miami International Airport and struck two vehicles.
The crash happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Sept. 6. The Amazon Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-300 freighter operated by 21 Air LLC, arrived from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and overran the runway, leaving a crash path of 1,300 feet beyond the paved runway in a scene described as “utter devastation” by National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy.
Five people were killed, all occupants of the two vehicles, a van owned by a contract cleaning company for airlines and another vehicle.
Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said five people were taken to hospitals, including two pilots on board the plane who were treated and have since been released. Three other injured victims remain hospitalized, including two in critical condition and one who is stable, Cordero-Stutz said.
Victims identified in Amazon Air crash
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office identified the five victims who were killed and the five people who were injured in the Amazon Air cargo plane crash in an update on Sept. 8.
The deceased victims are:
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Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53
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Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53
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Javierk Reyes Quevedo, 47
Those injured in the crash are:
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Eugenio Corredor, 79, occupant of sedan
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Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, occupant of van
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Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, occupant of van
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Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, pilot, released with minor injuries
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Joseph Carol, 55, pilot, released with minor injuries
The van was a 2012 Ford Econoline van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., which was carrying seven employees. It was inside airport property at the time of the crash. The other vehicle hit was a Toyota Corolla Cross, which was traveling outside of the airport’s perimeter fence.
Cause of crash investigated
NTSB said it was investigating the crash. The agency is expected to provide updates at a news conference the evening of Sept. 8.
Investigators recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder and will analyze them, Homendy previously said.
More than 60 rescue units and about 200 emergency personnel responded to the crash, working to free trapped occupants of the vehicles and plane, as airplane fuel leaked for hours. The plane was also engulfed in flames.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Victims identified in Miami Amazon cargo plane crash that killed 5
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