Amazon cargo jet crash at Miami airport barely misses lot with 35 staged Cybercabs
An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6, killing at least five people — and skidded to a stop just short of a lot staging 35 Tesla Cybercabs, with no vehicle damage reported. The find is notable mainly because Miami has no active Cybercab service yet, suggesting Tesla is pre-positioning robotaxi fleets in multiple cities ahead of launch.
An Amazon Prime Air Boeing 767 cargo jet overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sept. 6, breaking through perimeter fencing and striking vehicles on a nearby road. At least five people were killed and five more injured; the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the cause.
The jet came to a stop just short of a lot where Tesla Cybercabs were staged. Photos taken the Saturday before the crash by Tesla-watcher Sawyer Merritt showed 35 Cybercabs parked at the site, and no damage to the vehicles has been reported since. Elon Musk's only reaction to a photo of the Cybercabs sitting near the wreckage was a single word: "Weird."
What makes the detail newsworthy is that Miami has not yet started commercial Cybercab service. The presence of dozens of staged vehicles there suggests Tesla is pre-positioning robotaxi fleets across multiple cities in parallel as it expands beyond the Austin launch.
The crash itself has nothing to do with Tesla — the Cybercabs simply happened to be nearby. The NTSB's black-box analysis and investigation into the crash's cause are ongoing.
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