Crash Landing: The Dark Side of Prime Air's Growth Spurt Sunday afternoon's catastrophic crash at Miami International Airport, involving an Amazon cargo plane that overshot the runway and burst into flames, has left a trail of uncertainty and concern in its wake.
Unconfirmed reports of casualties have sparked speculation about the human cost of this disaster. The scale of the incident is staggering – and it reflects the unbridled ambitions of Amazon's Prime Air operation.
The 21 Air Flight 7598 Boeing 767 300 cargo plane, which took off from Puerto Rico and was headed for a delivery hub in South Florida, is just one of hundreds of Prime Air flights that crisscross the globe every week.