Amazon Cargo Jet Pilot Reportedly Told Wife "Career Over" After Miami Crash

One of the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane that crashed at Miami International Airport reportedly told his wife his career was over shortly after the deadly incident.

Abraham Altamar, who witnessed the fiery wreck on Sunday, said a pilot approached him, shaking and with minor injuries to his forehead and hand. The pilot used Altamar's phone to call his wife, telling her he was fine and instructing her to inform his mother he had survived an accident. The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office identified the pilots as Joseph Carroll, 55, and Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, 37.

Carroll is a captain for 21 Air, the company operating the plane, and Molina is a first officer. Both hold airline transport pilot certificates and are qualified to fly Boeing 767 aircraft, the model involved in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the crash, which killed five people and injured five others.

NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy stated that flight data indicates the pilots considered aborting the landing after touchdown and appeared to briefly attempt a go-around before trying to stop the plane. Homendy also said the jet's thrust reversers were never used. The aircraft overshot the runway by at least 1,300 feet, striking multiple vehicles, including a 2012 white Ford Econoline van.

All five fatalities were occupants of a van used to shuttle plane cleaning crews. The deceased were identified as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47. Two injured individuals, Eugenio Corredor, 79, and Ridoel Averhoff Diaz, 32, remain in critical condition, while Roosevelt Sebastian Perdomo Torres, 36, is stable.

Pilots Carroll and Molina were treated and released from the hospital. The NTSB will interview the pilots on Wednesday. The plane was on its third flight of the day, returning from San Juan, Puerto Rico, carrying over 32,000 pounds of cargo, mostly contact lenses. Investigators recovered the black boxes.