NEW YORK – Five people were killed and five others injured after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway and crashed at Miami International Airport on Sunday, authorities said.

The accident occurred at 1:58 pm local time (1758 GMT), Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz told a press conference.

Five people were hospitalized with injuries, according to Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

Video footage showed thick smoke billowing from the aircraft.

The Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said on X that more than 60 units and approximately 200 firefighters responded to the scene.

In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Air Flight 7598 overran the runway after landing at the airport around 2 pm Eastern Time (1800 GMT) on Sunday.

The aircraft, a Boeing 767-300 cargo plane, had departed from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the agency said, adding that an investigation would be carried out.

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The aircraft "experienced an incident while attempting to land", Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in the FAA statement. "This is a fast-moving situation and we're still gathering details."