Live updates: 200 flights delayed at MIA after Amazon plane crash in Miami
The crash of an Amazon cargo plane at Miami International Airport is continuing to affect flights on Tuesday as investigators swarm the scene and cleanup and recovery continues.
Here’s what to know:
New scenes from the Miami crash site
Here is what the crash site looked like on Tuesday in these images taken from Miami Herald visual journalist Al Diaz:
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The plane that crashed in Miami
The plane that crashed on Sunday was 32 years old, built in 1994 and had logged 109,800 hours. It had a General Electric engine and a Honeywell auxiliary power unit. This information is from aviation analytics firm Cirium.
Amazon Air’s in-service fleet numbers around 104 aircraft in 2026, up from 14 in 2016. Most growth occurred until 2021, when the fleet reached 95 aircraft. The Boeing 767 remains the core of Amazon Air, accounting for 63 aircraft, followed by 29 Boeing 737 NGs and 11 Airbus A330s, Cirium said.
Of Amazon Air’s fleet, the company 21Air accounts for 8 of them, or about 8%, Cirium said. The average age of those planes is 30 years, not considered much older than the average age of Amazon’s entire fleet, which is nearly 27 years.
Air Transport International comprises the biggest share of Amazon’s planes, with 40. Sun County Airlines is in second with 22 aircraft. ABX Air provides 15 and Alaska Airlines operates 10.
ASL Airlines Ireland provides six planes, Cargojet Airways runs two and Quickjet operates one.
Victims identified in Miami plane crash
At a news briefing Tuesday, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office for the first time publicly identified those who were killed or injured in the plane crash.
Those who died: Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Narajo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierk Reyes Quevedo, 47, the Sheriff’s Office reported.
Seventy-nine-year-old Eugenio Corredor and 32-year-old Ridoel Averhoff Diaz were critically injured. Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, was injured but is now in stable condition.
Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37, and Joseph Carroll, 55, came out with minor injuries and had been released from the hospital as of Tuesday morning.
— Douglas Hanks
Flight delays at MIA
Dozens of flights were canceled and delayed as of early Tuesday morning.
Two of MIA’s four runways continue to be shut down after an Amazon cargo plane overshot the runway and crashed into two several vehicles on Sunday, killing five people.
As of 3:30 p.m., 42 flights were canceled and about 200 were delayed, according to tracker FlightAware.
“Because of aircraft and flight crews not arriving at MIA due to cancellations over the last few days, we will continue to see impacts to operations,” the airport said in a statement on Tuesday.
Some flights schedued to arrive at MIA continue to be diverted to other airports around Florida, including Fort Lauderdale.
The closed runways won’t be reopened until the plane can be removed, according to the chairperson of the National transportation Safety Board.
“First of all, we need to document the scene. We need to get access to the aircraft itself. We do not have that yet,” Jennifer Homendy said Monday.
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Are there detours at the Miami airport?
The entrance and exit areas of Miami International Airport continue to be open as usual.
Two of the four runways are shut down, as well as a stretch of 67th Avenue along the perimeter due to the crash scene. County leaders ask that you avoid the area if you can.
Northwest 67th Avenue remains closed between 25th and 32nd streets, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.
Crash investigation
More than 30 investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board have arrived in Miami. They will be combing the crash scene, reviewing data and interviewing the crew and others.
NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said that the agency will have a news briefing on Tuesday, but said no findings will be announced until the investigation is complete. Tuesday’s news briefing will be at 7 p.m. at the Miami airport.
Homendy said as the plane overshot the runway by 1,300 feet, it struck navigational equipment, hit a cleaning van fille with workers, went through a perimeter fence, hit an occupied Toyota SUV on Northwest 67th Avenue and went through another fence before coming to a stop at lot filled with Tesla robotaxis.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office hasn’t released updates on the conditions of those who were injured in the crash or the names of the injured or dead.
What about an airport barrier?
Why did the Amazon cargo plane bust through the airport border and crash into a street?
Investigators will determine that.
But the Miami airport doesn’t have a safety feature y MIA does not have a runway safety feature known as an engineered materials arresting system. It’s a crushable, lightweight material at the end of a runway that can slow down a plane in case of emergency.
Jennifer Homendy, chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board, said 72 U.S. airports have EMAS.
“Runway 12/30 at Miami International Airport has the full 1,000-foot Runway Safety Area mandated by the FAA,” said a Miami International Airport Monday night statement. “Engineered Materials Arresting Systems, or EMAS, are generally used at airports where space constraints prevent a full safety area from being provided. No U.S. airport has EMAS at a runway end that also maintains the full, unobstructed 1,000-foot safety area. EMAS is intended as an alternative, not as an additional layer on top of one.
The FAA says EMAS are placed at the far end of a runway. The material crushes as a speeding plane passes over it, “slowing it down considerably faster than open space.”
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Videos of the Miami crash
This story was originally published September 8, 2026 at 7:23 AM with the headline "Live updates: 200 flights delayed at MIA after Amazon plane crash in Miami."