Five killed in Miami plane crash landing were in two vehicles, investigators say

Footage shows a cargo plane overshoot the runway while trying to land at Miami's international airport

The five people killed and five injured when an Amazon cargo plane crashed on landing at Miami International Airport were in two vehicles on the ground, investigators said.

Jennifer Homendy, chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), called the crash scene "utter devastation" and said it was too early to identify a cause.

Miami authorities on Tuesday identified the five people who died as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

"It's an incredibly tragic incident that has occurred," the Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz told reporters on Tuesday. "One leaves their house to go to work, to visit family, to do what we normally do, without thinking that is even a possibility."

"No one should lose their loved one this way, and we will pursue every possible avenue of justice for this family," said lawyers John Morgan and Jorge Garcia.

Speaking at a press conference at Miami International Airport on Monday, the NTSB's Homendy said the aircraft had two crew members on board and was arriving from San Juan, Puerto Rico, on its third flight of the day.

It then travelled through a perimeter fence and collided with a Toyota Corolla, coming to rest about 1,300ft (394m) beyond the runway.

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Debris from the aircraft, mangled vehicles and airport fencing was left strewn across the area.

She said recovering victims' bodies was the current priority, adding: "The investigation and access to the aircraft, as well as evidence, can wait."

Homendy said investigators could not yet say anything substantive about the cause of the crash as they were still collecting evidence at the scene.