Widow of van driver killed in Amazon cargo jet crash first to file lawsuit over multiple failures in tragedy
The widow of the airport driver whose vehicle was “torn apart” during the deadly Amazon plane crash filed the first lawsuit on Wednesday, alleging “multiple, concurrent failures” led to her husband’s death.Yaraisi Santiso Morejon is suing the tech giant and the 21 Air aviation company that operated the doomed Amazon Prime Air Flight 7598 that killed five, including her husband, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo.“The victims were airport workers and a motorist on a public road—people who had every reason to believe they were safe.They were not,” the lawsuit, filed in Miami-Dade County’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court and obtained by The Post, read.Naranjo, 53, was driving a Ford Van with several cleaning crew workers employed by Professional Ocean Service Corp.
inside when the cargo plane overran Runway 30 at Miami International Airport and crashed into the vehicle.“Our hearts go out to Yaraisi and her family, as well as all those who were impacted by what we believe was a preventable tragedy,” Morgan & Morgan founder John Morgan said Wednesday.“No one should lose their loved one this way, and the filing of this lawsuit is just the beginning of our fight to secure justice and accountability for Mr.
Naranjo’s death.Everyone who played a role in this horrific crash will be held accountable.”The van was being driven within the airport’s property when the plane overran the runway.“This disaster was not an unavoidable accident.
It was the foreseeable and preventable result of multiple, concurrent failures,” the suit said.Morejon and her attorneys claimed there was a systemic failure by Amazon, 21 Air and the pilots that led to the deadly crash.Factors including operation of a 32-year-old aircraft “whose braking, thrust reverser, and spoiler systems are under active NTSB investigation,” inadequate training and pilot error for attempting “a high-speed, tailwind-affected landing while failing to execute a mandatory go-around.”The suit also ...