Victims of Amazon-branded plane crash were in a cleaning-crew van and an SUV, officials say

The five people killed when an Amazon-branded cargo airplane overran a runway in Miami had been inside a van transporting a cleaning crew and in a passenger vehicle, the NTSB said.

The five people killed Sunday when an Amazon-branded cargo plane overran a runway in Miami International Airport were traveling in a van that was transporting an aircraft cleaning crew and in an SUV that was driving outside the airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.

Five others were injured in the crash.

NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said at a news conference that the aircraft struck a white Ford van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., a contract cleaning company for airline companies, which was inside the airport. Seven people were in the van, she added, but did not comment further about the injuries or deaths.

After that, the plane hit a Toyota SUV that had been driving outside the airport, Homendy said.

She said the primary focus is on the “recovery of the victims.”