Pilot in Amazon Crash: 'My Career Is Over'

A stunned pilot staggered from the cockpit of an Amazon cargo plane that overshot a runway at Miami International Airport and left five people dead, a witness says. Abraham Altamar tells CBS News the pilot was "shaking" with injuries to his head and hand and urgently borrowed his phone to call his wife. On the call, Altamar recalls, the pilot said, "Just tell my mom that I was in the accident, but I'm already out of the plane, that I'm good." Altamar's wife, Alexis Altamar, tells CBS that the upset pilot said, "My career is over." Abraham Altamar, who had been working in a building near the crash site, says the crash of the Boeing 767-300 was "surreal" to witness.

Officials have identified the pilots of Prime Air Flight 7598 as Joseph Carroll, 55, and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37; it's not clear which pilot Altamar encountered. The National Transportation Safety Board says Carroll, the captain, had more than 7,000 hours of flying time and had been certified to fly 767s since May, CNN reports. Molina, the first officer, had more than 2,500 hours of flying time and was certified on 767s in April 2025. The NTSB says the aircraft plowed through navigation gear, a van, an SUV, and two fences before stopping. All five people killed were in a van used to shuttle cleaning crews. Information from the plane's black boxes suggests the pilots were hesitant to land.