Plane is cargo flight operated by Amazon

A new statement from the airport says that the flight that crashed was an Amazon cargo plane. "At approximately 2 p.m. today, Prime Air flight 7598 overran Miami International Airport’s diagonal runway and is disabled at the northwest end of the airport," the airport says in a statement. "All runways and taxiways at [Miami International Airport] are currently closed as of 3:00 p.m. and a ground stop is in effect." Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is responding to the scene, the airport