Miami officials have named the five people who died after an Amazon cargo aircraft overshot a runway during its landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday, struck vehicles and burst into flames.
Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz announced the victims’ identities during a Tuesday news conference, providing new details in the deadly airport crash.
The victims were identified as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.
An Amazon cargo plane is seen after it crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday in Florida. Authorities on Tuesday released the names of the five people killed in the accident. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Five additional people were hurt in the crash. Three remain in the hospital, including two listed in critical condition. The aircraft’s two pilots were treated for injuries and later released, the sheriff said.
Amazon Air Flight 7598 was traveling from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third flight of the day, when it tried landing at the Miami airport.
Officials inspect an Amazon cargo plane two days after it overshot a runway at Miami International Airport on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
The jet overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet beyond the paved surface and crashed into multiple vehicles, including a 2012 white Ford Econoline van with passengers inside, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said during a Monday press conference.
The aircraft then crashed through the airport perimeter and struck a civilian vehicle, a Toyota Corolla Cross LE.
The plane then “continued into the grass and impacted another fence line, which separated an area where Tesla robotaxis were stationed,” Homendy said.
A Prime Air jet crashed at Miami International Airport Sunday afternoon. (WSNV)
All the victims were inside the vehicles, she said.
Homicide detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths, Cordero-Stutz said.