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Miami names the five in the van. The tape already had the speed.
Rolando Aleman Leon. Carlos Acosta Fajardo. Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo. Javierkys Reyes Quevedo. Julio Pineda.
The Rocket News · U.S. Desk · MiamiSeptember 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Miami-Dade has named the five men killed in the van the Prime Air Boeing 767 struck on Sunday: Rolando Aleman Leon, Carlos Acosta Fajardo, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, Javierkys Reyes Quevedo and Julio Pineda. The U.S. desk files names. The board had the tape on Wednesday. The road had the dead on Sunday. The names arrived Thursday.
The NTSB’s case is still DCA26MA352. One pilot kept flagging speed in the last 1:42. There was no consistent answer. “Too low terrain.” A go-around, then idle four seconds later. No speed brakes. No reversers. First touch about 182 mph. The captain, 55, and the first officer, 37, sat with investigators. The board has not said which voice kept saying they were too fast.
A pilot called for a go-around.
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Sunday’s wreck is still in the grass at Miami International. Five men in a van now have names. The U.S. desk files the list as it is: a cargo jet, a road, and five people who were not flying.
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