NTSB set to interview pilots of Amazon cargo plane that crashed in Miami

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Bojorquez, M., Seward, L., & Soler, A. M. (2026, September 9). NTSB set to interview pilots of Amazon cargo plane that crashed in Miami. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/miami-amazon-cargo-plane-crash-ntsb-investigation-9-8-2026/

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CBS News · collected 2026-09-09 · by Manuel Bojorquez, Larry Seward, Ana Maria Soler

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NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy announced that investigators will interview the two pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport on Wednesday morning. The captain, Joseph Carroll, has 7,145 flight hours, while the first officer, Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, has 2,655 hours. The NTSB team recovered both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the crash site, with over two hours of good quality audio and about 55 hours of data, respectively. Investigators are seeking to understand how the crew manipulated controls during the incident by interviewing them and gathering information from air traffic controllers and dispatchers.
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Story summary

On September 6, an Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767-300 operated by 21 Air overran a runway at Miami International Airport, striking several vehicles and bursting into flames. The crash resulted in the deaths of five people and injuries to others. Over 60 units from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded, finding heavy flames and smoke upon arrival. All runways and taxiways were closed, causing significant delays and possible cancellations for flights through Miami International Airport. Amazon confirmed it would cooperate with any investigation conducted by the FAA, which will look into the incident.

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📰 Amazon Plane Overrun Miami
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“Both articles report on the same Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport, with similar details about the incident and its aftermath.”
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“Both articles describe a single Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport, with identical details about the incident.”
Al Jazeera
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“Both articles describe the same Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport on September 6, with one article reporting on the initial incident and the other on the NTSB's investigation into it.”
NPR
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“Both articles describe a plane crash at Miami International Airport involving an Amazon cargo plane, with identical location and entity involved.”
The Guardian
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“Both articles report on an Amazon cargo plane crashing at Miami International Airport, with similar details about the incident and its aftermath.”
Euronews
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“Both articles report on an Amazon cargo plane overshooting a runway at Miami International Airport, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries”
ABC News (US)
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“Both articles describe the same cargo plane incident at Miami International Airport, with Article A providing an initial report on the incident and Article B providing a follow-up with new information on the investigation”
The Sydney Morning Herald
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“Both articles describe the same Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport, with Article A reporting on the immediate aftermath and injuries, and Article B detailing the investigation and interview with the pilots”
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Manuel Bojorquez
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🔮 The two pilots were released from the hospital and are expected to be interviewed on Wednesday morning as , NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a news conference Tuesday night.
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Larry Seward
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🔮 The two pilots were released from the hospital and are expected to be interviewed on Wednesday morning as , NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a news conference Tuesday night.
The only article under this byline in the corpus.
Ana Maria Soler
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🔮 The NTSB's final report will likely take between one and two years to release.
🔮 The two pilots were released from the hospital and are expected to be interviewed on Wednesday morning as , NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a news conference Tuesday night.
Also by Ana Maria Soler
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Topics

Amazon NTSB the National Transportation Safety Board

Subjects

NTSB ORG · 7× Homendy PERSON · 5× Shin PERSON · 3× Rojas PERSON · 2× Amazon ORG · 1× Chihoon Shin PERSON · 1× Jaime Felipe Silva Molina PERSON · 1× Jennifer Homendy PERSON · 1× Joseph Carroll PERSON · 1× the National Transportation Safety Board ORG · 1×

Narrative

The captain of the plane is a 55-year-old man, identified as Captain Joseph Carroll, who had 7,145 flight hours as of March 31, and the first officer is a 37-year-old man, identified as Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, who had 2,655 flight hours as of Aug. 31, officials said.
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🔮 The two pilots were released from the hospital and are expected to be interviewed on Wednesday morning as , NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a news conference Tuesday night.

Claims (34 extracted, 0 hedged)

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board are set of the Amazon cargo plane after overshooting a runway at Miami International Airport . asserted
Investigators → set → Airport
This comes as the NTSB released new video of investigators inspecting the crashed plane near Miami International Airport. asserted
investigators → come → Airport
The two pilots were released from the hospital and are expected to be interviewed on Wednesday morning as , NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said in a news conference Tuesday night. asserted
Homendy → release → conference
The captain of the plane is a 55-year-old man, identified as Captain Joseph Carroll, who had 7,145 flight hours as of March 31, and the first officer is a 37-year-old man, identified as Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, who had 2,655 flight hours as of Aug. 31, officials said. asserted
officials → identify → Aug.
Both the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were recovered from the crash site, Homendy had previously disclosed. asserted
Homendy → recover → site
"The cockpit voice recorder contained more than two hours of good quality audio," Homendy said Tuesday, adding that the flight data recorder had about 55 hours of data. asserted
recorder → contain → data
Homendy said investigators will wait until after they interview the pilots Wednesday to publicly release the readout of the cockpit voice recorder. asserted
they → say → recorder
"What we need to do is talk to the crew and get their account to understand how they're manipulating the controls to get a better understanding of the situation," NTSB's lead investigator Chihoon Shin told reporters in the briefing. asserted
investigator → need → briefing
With the cockpit voice recorder, while we have that data, crew accounts and crew interviews will help fill in some of the blanks for us. asserted
accounts → have → us
Investigators also plan to speak with air traffic controllers, dispatchers, and others who were at the scene when the crash happened. asserted
crash → plan → scene
Tuesday was the first full day the NTSB team was on the ground at the crash site, and their focus was to collect perishable evidence, such as drone images, videos of the plane, and tire marks on the runways, Homendy said. asserted
Homendy → collect → runways
The plane weighed approximately 252,000 pounds at takeoff, including about 32,000 pounds of cargo on board. asserted
plane → weigh → board
The NTSB team did not find any hazardous material. asserted
team → find → material
Instead, the plane carried mostly contact lenses, officials said. asserted
officials → carry → lenses
Shin said that in the recorded data the NTSB obtained, there was no indication that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed. asserted
brakes → say → data
The goal of both is to help the aircraft slow down or descend more quickly. asserted
aircraft → help → both
Shin, however, said he won't speculate as to the reason why they were not deployed. asserted
they → say → reason
"We have an aircraft performance study, and we're going to do that," Shin said. asserted
Shin → have → that
"Plus, with the flight data recorder analysis, when we analyze the full list of parameters, we'll have a better idea of the aircraft performance during this landing. asserted
we → analyze → landing
And what was working and what was not? asserted
what → work → ?
So I'm not gonna speculate on what should have been right now," he said. asserted
he → go → ?
Homendy has said investigators would focus on the flight's history, the crew's experience and training, and what happened in the moments before impact. asserted
what → say → impact
The plane, a Boeing 767-33, went down Sunday around 2 p.m. local time after it overran the runway during landing and careened into several vehicles, catching fire in the process. asserted
it → go → process
The plane came to rest roughly 1,300 feet from the paved runway. asserted
plane → come → runway
Aerial footage showed a debris field that included vehicles belonging to the victims. asserted
that → show → victims
Two of Miami International's four runways remained closed Tuesday, with investigators allowing officials to reopen one of the runways partially for departures only. asserted
officials → remain → departures
Pablo Rojas, an aviation attorney with the firm Podhurst Orseck who is not part of the NTSB investigation, reviewed footage of the crash with CBS News Miami. asserted
who → review → News
"I think what is clearer from the video, and of course it's one video, and it's early days, is that it was coming in too fast," Rojas said. asserted
Rojas → think → course
"The horizontal ground that it was covering as you see it approaching and then touching down was too much." asserted
it → cover → that
Rojas also said something else in the video caught his attention. asserted
something → say → attention
"In addition to those piloting decisions, I think investigators will also be looking at mechanical issues," he said. asserted
he → think → issues
"In this approach video that we've been talking about, it looks like, and it's kind of hard to tell, that the landing gear on the left side, the wheels were not making consistent contact with the ground." asserted
wheels → talk → ground
Rojas also raised questions about why the pilots did not abort the landing and attempt a go-around, a standard procedure in which a pilot pulls up and tries the approach again. asserted
pilot → raise → approach
In Tuesday's news briefing, NTSB officials said they were unable to definitively say whether a go-around had been attempted. asserted
around → say → briefing
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