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• David Shepardson
Evidence from the flight data recorder indicates the pilots of an Amazon Prime Air cargo aircraft considered aborting their landing shortly before the jet crashed in Miami, killing five people on the ground. Investigators are continuing to reconstruct the sequence of events and determine contributing factors.
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Evidence from the flight data recorder indicates the pilots of an Amazon Prime Air cargo aircraft considered aborting their landing shortly before the jet crashed in Miami, killing five people on the ground. Investigators are continuing to reconstruct the sequence of events and determine contributing factors.
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An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo aircraft crashed after overshooting the runway while landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday. The aircraft struck several vehicles and caught fire, killing five people and injuring five others, according to summaries of the incident.
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