NTSB releases black box timeline in fatal Prime Air 767 overrun

Data from the flight recorders recovered after the fatal runway overrun of an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 at Miami International Airport shows the crew tried to abort the landing and go around just before the crash. The NTSB released the findings from the black boxes, which recorded an unstable touchdown sequence on Runway 30.

The nose gear and right main gear touched down first. The left main gear contacted the runway 11 seconds later. About 30 seconds before the recording ended, the aircraft was in this nose-first, one-side-low configuration. A few seconds after all gear was down, the crew released the wheel brakes and advanced the throttles to go-around thrust. No speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed before the throttles were increased. By that time, according to the NTSB, the aircraft was too far down the runway to stop or lift off.

The aircraft, a 32-year-old Boeing 767-33A operated by 21 Air as Flight 7598, was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, in rain showers and localized weather cells. It overran the runway, struck vehicles, and five people died.