Amazon cargo plane sends up billowing cloud of smoke after overrunning runway at Miami airport

MIAMI — An Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, striking multiple vehicles and pausing flights at the busy travel hub as plumes of black smoke could be seen pouring from the fiery plane.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft overran the runway at around 2 p.m. after heading into Florida from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Prime Air plane came to rest beside a roadway, with two semitrucks parked nearby, according to images on social media.

Amazon did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

All runways and taxiways were closed and a ground stop is in effect, an airport spokesperson said.

During a ground stop, all flights are put on hold and the airport is essentially shut down. The FAA has already said it expects flights to be delayed after the Miami airport does reopen with a low rate of arrivals and departures.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said the plane struck multiple vehicles after overrunning the runway. Responders arrived to find the airplane on fire. Sixty Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units were at the scene trying to extinguish the fire, the agency said in a social media post Sunday afternoon.

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