The wife of one of the victims killed when an Amazon-branded plane overran a runway at a Miami airport, striking an airline cleaning service van and a passenger SUV, filed a wrongful death lawsuit.Yaraisi Santiso Morejon, the wife of Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, filed the lawsuit Wednesday, three days after the fatal incident at Miami International Airport that left four others dead and five injured.The lawsuit, which names Amazon, Amazon Air Cargo and 21 Air as defendants, alleges that the crash was a “foreseeable and preventable result of multiple, concurrent failures.” The plane’s two pilots, who survived the crash, Joseph Carroll and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, are also listed as defendants.The suit accuses them of attempting a “high-speed, tailwind-affected landing” and cites pilot error and inadequate training.
The Boeing 767-300 aircraft was on its third trip Sunday when it landed and then overran the runway, National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said.Earlier in the day, the plane had traveled from Cincinnati to Miami, and then Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico.It was returning from San Juan when it crashed.
An Amazon spokesperson previously said that the flight was operated by 21 Air.Homendy said that during the aircraft’s landing, it overran the runway and struck navigational aids and equipment before hitting a Ford van on airport property that was owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a contract cleaning service for airline companies.The plane careened through a perimeter fence and struck a Toyota SUV that was driving on a road nearby.Joe Raedle / Getty ImagesThe plane careened through a perimeter fence and struck a Toyota SUV that was driving on a road nearby.
The aircraft continued into the grass, where it hit a fence line, which separated an area where Tesla robotaxis were stationed, Homendy said.Morejon’s attorneys said that Rodriguez Naranjo, 53, who was driving the van, died on impact.The workers were leaving their...