Amazon pilot flagged excessive speed before deadly Miami crash, investigators say

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One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that ‌crashed in Miami on Sunday commented to the other about excessive ​speed throughout the last ​one minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit ​voice recording, the National Transportation Safety Board ‌said.

Investigators say there was no consistent verbal response from co-pilot

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· Posted: Sep 09, 2026 7:51 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

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A crashed plane and a destroyed car are seen on a field.
In this screengrab from a video released Tuesday, a damaged car is seen next to the wreckage of an Amazon Prime Air cargo plane at Miami International Airport. (U.S. National Transportation Safety Board/Reuters)

One pilot of the Amazon Prime Air cargo plane that ‌crashed in Miami on Sunday commented to the other about excessive ​speed throughout the last ​one minute and 42 seconds of the cockpit ​voice recording, the U.S. National ⁠Transportation Safety ⁠Board ‌(NTSB) said.

There was not a consistent verbal response to the pilot's comments about speed, ⁠the NTSB said in an investigative update released on Wednesday ‌that did not disclose which pilot made the remarks.

"Too low, terrain," was also ​enunciated several times on ⁠the Boeing 767 plane before it ⁠touched down and overshot ⁠the runway ⁠in ​an accident that killed five ​people and ⁠injured five others, the board said in its update.

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