Miami
Miami: the Amazon jet tried to go around. The boxes say the landing was never clean.
182 mph at first touch. Throttles up, then brakes. Five dead in a van. The pilots sit today.
The Rocket News · U.S. Desk · MiamiSeptember 9, 2026 · 6 min read

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the Prime Air Boeing 767 that overran Miami International on Sunday was not fully on the ground when the pilots appeared to try a go-around. Chihoon Shin, the investigator in charge, timed first touch — nose gear and right main — at about 182 mph, thirty seconds before the recorder ended. The left main came down eleven seconds later, slower. Then the throttles rose “to values consistent with go-around thrust.” Brakes off. Then, eleven seconds from the end, idle and brakes again, still about 135 mph. The jet ran 1,300 feet past the pavement, through a van, through a fence, into a car. Five dead. The U.S. desk files a sequence, not a cause.
Chair Jennifer Homendy said investigators will interview both pilots today, and 21 Air’s assistant chief. The captain, 55, had his 767 type rating in May and 7,145 hours. The first officer, 37, was typed in April 2025, 2,655 hours. Miami-Dade named them Joseph Carol and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina. More than 400 data streams came off the boxes. The cockpit voice recorder details are due after the interviews.
Throttles increased to values consistent with go-around thrust.
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Sunday’s tape still matters: no mayday, a 767 still in the air well down the strip. Homendy called the field utter devastation. Names of the five in the van have not been fully released. The wreck is still in the grass. The recorders have started to talk.
Wire and further reading: reuters.com
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