--- title: "Amazon Cargo Jet Crashes Just Feet From Parking Lot Full of Tesla Cybercabs, Killing Five" description: "An Amazon cargo jet ripped right past the landing zone at the Miami International Airport, crashing into a parking lot of Tesla Cybercabs." date: "2026-09-08" modified: "2026-09-08" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor.md" url: "https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-cargo-jet-crashes-parking-lot-tesla-cybercabs" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "Self-Driving Vehicles" - "Tesla" - "The Industrialists" --- # Amazon Cargo Jet Crashes Just Feet From Parking Lot Full of Tesla Cybercabs, Killing Five ![A parking lot filled with Tesla Cybercabs is seen in the foreground as the nose of a Prime Air cargo plane rests on the ground after the aircraft overran the runway and struck cars the previous day at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, on September 7, 2026.]() *CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images* An Amazon Prime Air cargo jet ripped right past the landing zone at the Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, struggling to stop itself in time before [overrunning the runway and crashing]() into a cleaning crew and a nearby SUV. It was a tragic incident, killing five innocent people. The Boeing 767-300 also barreled right through a chain-link fence that was protecting a highly unusual lot of vehicles: photographs [of the scene]() show the dented nose of the airliner just a few dozen feet away from a kennel of parked Tesla Cybercabs. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has banked the future success of his EV maker on the gold-colored self-driving vehicles, which are [too small to fit more than two passengers]() and lack both steering wheels or pedals. Their sudden appearance in a story about a deadly airliner disaster had the billionaire taken aback. However, instead of offering his condolences after the tragedy, Musk [simply tweeted]() the word "Weird" in response. The peculiar cameo also led to plenty of questions over Tesla's plans to roll out the cars outside of Austin. Just last week, the Cybercabs were [deployed for the first time in the Texas city](), but the company [has yet to announce]() any imminent launches in Miami. Regulators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration watched closely following last week's deployment, which comes just shy of two years after Tesla first showed off its Cybercab. As [*Bloomberg* notes](), the light on details event was "uncharacteristically low-key," offering no livestream or media coverage. The "Cybercab event was largely a bust," [tweeted]() Future Fund Advisors co-founder Gary Black. "The launch offered little detail and key questions remained unanswered." Indeed, regulatory approval is hazy for vehicles without any traditional driver controls, a topic that's especially pertinent to Tesla. Musk has bet the company's entire future on the success of its Cybercabs and its humanoid robot, dubbed Optimus. With neither showing any signs of a significant public rollout any time soon, Wall Street is bound to keep asking some tough questions. **More on the Cybercab:** [*Tesla Loses Trademark to “Cybercab” Due to Its Own Staggering Incompetence*]() ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()