# They Tried To Take Off Again. The Wheels Were Already Down.

*AI · 9 September 2026 · RECORDx NEWS*

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The NTSB says flight data recorder evidence suggests the crew of the Amazon Air cargo jet that overran a runway at Miami International considered aborting the landing after the aircraft had already touched down.
A go-around is routine. You break off the approach, climb away and come back, and pilots practise it constantly. What is not routine is doing it after you have landed.
Once the wheels are on the runway, the aeroplane has been deliberately turned into a braking machine. Spoilers come up, thrust reversers come out, and the wing is made to stop producing lift on purpose. To fly again from there you have to undo all of it while the runway runs out underneath you.
The jet overran the end by about 1,300 feet. CNN reported that the pilots applied full power seconds before it left the runway. It crossed the airport boundary, hit a van, went through a fence and struck an SUV on a city street.
A correction to our earlier video: authorities now say all five people who died were inside the van, which was shuttling crews that clean aircraft. We previously said the deaths were split across two vehicles.
Both pilots survived. The safety board was due to interview them, and it has not stated a cause. That matters, because a recorder shows what the aircraft did. It does not show what the crew was facing, or whether something had already gone wrong.
Footage: licensed stock only. No crash footage is used and the fire footage is marked illustrative because it is not Miami.

## The correction we are making on air

tQ_2vMD6DXA said: "The dead were in two vehicles. One was a van carrying an aircraft cleaning crew, seven people inside... The other was an SUV on a road outside the airport." Authorities now say all five who died were in the van. The SUV was struck and there were injuries, but the deaths were in the van. The reel says this out loud, on a gold card, in the middle of the piece rather than buried at the end. That is the point of running it.

## What this story does not claim

Do not say the pilots attempted a go-around. The verified wording is that evidence suggests they considered it and that the data shows signs consistent with a go-around. The reel uses "considered". Do not blame the crew. No cause has been stated, they are yet to be interviewed, and the reel's closing beat exists precisely to say a recorder shows what the aircraft did and not what the crew was facing. Do not present the aerodynamics as a finding about this flight. Spoilers, reversers and lift dump are how the aircraft type works on any landing. That is context for why a post-touchdown go-around is hard, not evidence. Do not repeat the two-vehicle death split. See the correction above. Do not name the cleaning contractor in narration or description.

## References


Reporting drawn from: NTSB briefing of 8 September 2026 with Chair Jennifer Homendy, via The Washington Post, the Associated Press, The Washington Times and WSAU; CNN of 7 September for the full-power detail and the overrun distance

## Transcript

The flight data from the Miami cargo crash is back, and it points at one of the most dangerous moments in aviation. The recorder suggests the crew considered going around after the wheels were already down.
A go-around is routine. You break off the approach, climb away, and come back. Pilots practice it constantly. What is not routine is doing it after you have landed
Once the wheels are on the runway, the aeroplane stops being a flying machine and becomes a braking one. Spoilers come up, thrust reversers come out, and the wing is made to stop lifting on purpose
To fly again from there, you have to undo all of that while the runway runs out underneath you
The jet overran the end by about 1,300 feet. CNN reported that the pilots applied full power seconds before it left the runway
It crossed the boundary, hit a van on airport property, went through a fence, and struck an SUV on a city street
One correction to what we said on Monday. Authorities now say all five people who died were inside that van. It was shuttling crews who clean aircraft
Both pilots survived. The safety board is interviewing them, and it has not said what caused this
Which matters because a recorder showing a late go-around tells you what the aeroplane did. It does not tell you why anyone chose it or whether something had already gone wrong.
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## Topics

ntsb, miami airport, amazon air, boeing 767, aviation safety, runway overrun, 21 air, explainer

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