Victims of Miami plane crash were in a cleaning-company van and an SUV, officials 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 Corporation, a contract cleaning company for airlines, 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.”

“The investigation and access to the aircraft, as well as evidence, can wait while that goes forward,” Homendy told reporters.

She described the scene of the crash as “devastating” and said the van had been “torn apart.”

“You can see on the paved surface tire marks that continue through the grass. There’s debris everywhere,” she said. “The SUV, you can see airbags, the surrounding airbags. You…

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