NTSB: Miami Amazon cargo pilot warned ‘too fast’ for nearly two minutes before overrun
A National Transportation Safety Board investigative update on the Sunday Miami International Airport runway overrun says one pilot of Amazon Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air, repeatedly warned the other that the aircraft was “too fast” for nearly two minutes on approach and after touchdown, with no consistent verbal response recorded. Automated “sink rate” and “too low terrain” alerts sounded; flight data show an unstable approach in strong winds, a late touchdown well down Runway 30, a brief go-around thrust attempt then idle, and no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers deployed. The jet overran about 1,300 feet and struck a cleaning-crew van; five people in the van died. Capt. Joseph Carroll, 55, and First Officer Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, survived and were interviewed Wednesday; the full CVR transcript is not yet public.
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NPR/AP, Reuters, and safety experts quoted there stress crew resource management: repeated speed callouts without a clear reply, automated descent warnings, and questions why the crew continued an unstable approach instead of going around while still airborne. Former FAA and airline voices say the first “too fast” call left time to slow or abandon the landing; Mary Schiavo and others flag possible junior/senior challenge dynamics once names and roles are clearer.
NPR / AP · Reuters · NTSB update
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Fox News, Aviation Week, and Simple Flying center the FDR timeline: nose/right gear at 158 knots, staggered left-gear touchdown, brief go-around thrust then idle, and no recorded speed-brake or thrust-reverser deployment—systems that on a 767 generally need firm main-gear compression. Coverage also notes Flightradar24’s estimate of touchdown nearly halfway down the 9,360-foot runway, strong winds, and that investigators are still reviewing weather, maintenance, and 21 Air operations.
Fox News · Aviation Week · Simple Flying
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Two minutes of ‘too fast’ is an alerting-design fact
NTSB’s two-minute warning is human-factors and systems. Cargo-contract structure is context; the recorder is the source.
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