Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - Investigators have recovered both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder from the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport, giving authorities critical evidence as they work to determine what went wrong.
The Boeing 767, operated by 21 Air, overran the runway by about 1,300 feet before striking vehicles on the ground. Five people were killed, while the two pilots survived.
The recovered recorders could now provide a detailed picture of the aircraft's final moments. Preliminary flight-data findings indicate the pilots may have briefly attempted a go-around after touchdown before abandoning the maneuver and trying to stop the aircraft.
Investigators are examining the landing, weather conditions, aircraft performance and why the plane's thrust reversers were not deployed. The pilots are also expected to provide key information as investigators reconstruct the sequence of events.
The investigation is moving quickly because the findings could have wider implications for airport and aviation safety. Authorities are also examining the absence of an Engineered Materials Arresting System at Miami International Airport and whether such a system could have reduced the severity of the runway overrun.
For now, officials have not assigned a final cause, but the recovered black boxes are expected to become central to understanding how a landing ended in a deadly crash—and what must change to prevent another tragedy.
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