Two Florida crashes expose both ends of aviation risk

Two fatal aviation incidents in Florida within 24 hours highlighted different kinds of risk. At Miami International Airport, a Boeing 767-300 cargo jet operated by 21 Air for Amazon Air overran a runway on Sunday, crossed the airport boundary, struck multiple vehicles and caught fire. Five people died and five others were seriously injured; all fatalities were on the ground. Separate from the commercial case, the article notes a general aviation fatality in Titusville, reflecting the larger share of U.S. aviation deaths in that category. The Miami crash raises liability questions among the aircraft’s registered owner (Andromeda Leasing II LLC, affiliated with Atlas Air Worldwide), Amazon and 21 Air. Investigators are also expected to focus on the lack of EMAS on the runway.