Jet Crash Victims Were All in Vehicles, NTSB Says

The five people killed when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport were inside a van carrying seven people from a cleaning company and an SUV hit outside airport property, National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy said Monday. Homendy called the scene of Sunday's crash "utter devastation," the AP reports. She walked the route the Boeing 767 followed, noting tire marks from the pavement into the grass, the destroyed van carrying the cleaning crew, torn fencing, navigational equipment, and the crushed SUV off airport property. The airliner, all told, traveled about 1,300 feet past the paved surface. Homendy said the NTSB would issue more information on Tuesday, including possibly information on speed confirmed by the flight data recorder.

Federal investigators spent Monday determining whether the plane touched down too late to stop safely. Investigators will also examine the plane's speed and braking, weather and wind conditions, the aircraft's mechanical condition, and other factors that could have contributed to the overrun. The aircraft flew on Sunday from Cincinnati to Miami and then to San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was returning to Miami when it crashed around 2pm. Aside from the five who died, three people were critically injured, and two others were hospitalized with less severe injuries, officials said.