A pilot of an Amazon cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people, reportedly told his wife over the phone that his "career was over," according to a witness.
Abraham Altamar, who was working in a nearby building, witnessed the fiery wreck and was on FaceTime with his wife when the pilot approached him. Altamar described the pilot as "shaking and a little injured in his forehead and his hand." The pilot then called Altamar's wife on his phone to speak with her, telling her that he was fine and instructing her to tell his mother that he was in an accident but had survived. During this conversation, the pilot reportedly said, "My career is over."
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office has identified the two pilots as Joseph Carroll, 55, and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37. Both men hold airline transport pilot certificates and are qualified to fly Boeing 767 aircraft, the model involved in the crash. The aircraft, operated by 21 Air, was on its third flight of the day when it attempted to land at Miami International.
The plane overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet and crashed into multiple vehicles, including a van with passengers inside. Five people were killed in the crash, all of whom were inside vehicles hit by the plane. Five others were injured, including the pilots, who were treated and released. The other three injured individuals remained hospitalized as of Tuesday, with two of them in critical condition.
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