Authorities have confirmed that all five individuals who perished when an Amazon cargo aircraft veered off the runway at Miami International Airport were occupants of a van utilized for transporting crews responsible for aircraft sanitation.

The aircraft overran the runway upon touchdown on Sunday, colliding with the van situated on airport premises before careening through a perimeter fence and subsequently demolishing an SUV on an adjacent municipal thoroughfare.

An additional quintet of individuals sustained injuries.

The pilot and co-pilot have since been discharged from medical care, as confirmed by Miami-Dade County Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz on Tuesday.

Two victims remain in critical condition, while a third is reported to be in a stable state, she elaborated.

The mangled white van, its entire frontal structure compressed into ruin, and the SUV — so extensively ravaged as to be virtually beyond recognition — remained at the crash site on Tuesday, alongside the jet, which rested nose-downward bearing a substantial discoloration of soot proximate to the "P" in "Prime Air."

The National Transportation Safety Board is undertaking an investigation into the crash, with particular scrutiny to be directed at the absence of a mechanism designed to decelerate and halt high-velocity aircraft that overshoot the terminal extremities of runways.

Miami is not among the 120 airports in the United States equipped with lightweight, crushable material that the Federal Aviation Administration reports has been instrumental in saving approximately 500 lives.

Even absent a runway excursion mitigation system, Miami’s airport appears to satisfy federal regulatory requirements by virtue of its 1,000-foot (305-meter) safety buffer situated at the terminus of its runways, experts contended.

NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy stated that her agency’s objective is the prevention of tragedies, yet runway excursions persist despite the board’s prior recommendations to install the requisite systems.

"Our recommendations must be implemented, lest we find ourselves ensnared in this very predicament yet again," she proclaimed during a press conference convened on Monday.

Investigators have successfully retrieved the flight data recorder, the contents of which are presently being subjected to meticulous examination.

Moreover, a comprehensive schedule of interviews encompassing the pilot, co-pilot, air traffic controllers, and other pertinent individuals is being orchestrated, as Homendy articulated.

Amazon, in an official communiqué, affirmed its unequivocal cooperation with the ongoing investigation while concurrently proffering its most profound condolences to the victims and their bereaved kin.

The five deceased individuals were all occupants of a van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp., an enterprise specializing in aircraft maintenance.

The company declined to comment on the incident, citing deference to the families of those who had perished.

"Our employees are infinitely more than mere colleagues who share our daily endeavors; they constitute our extended family, cherished with profound affection.

Our deepest sympathies and fervent prayers extend to each employee and every family whose existence has been irrevocably transformed," the company articulated in a statement on Tuesday.

The Miami-Dade sheriff has formally identified the deceased as Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Julio C. Pineda, 75; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47.

The Amazon jet was commencing its final approach following a two-hour flight from Puerto Rico, while tempestuous weather systems were amassing with ominous intensity in the vicinity of the Miami airport.

The NTSB reported that the aircraft careened approximately 1,300 feet (396 meters) beyond the terminus of the runway.

Homendy characterized the scene as “utter devastation,” citing fragmented vehicle components, deployed air bags, compromised navigational apparatus, and debris-strewn fencing along the aircraft’s trajectory.

She noted that she was compelled to exercise extreme caution, as residual jet fuel remained pervasive throughout the vicinity even a full 24 hours subsequent to the impact.

Meteorological reports indicated gale-force winds exceeding 25 knots on Sunday afternoon.

Aviation experts who scrutinized footage of the touchdown contended that a formidable tailwind had propelled the aircraft considerably further along the runway than its designated landing threshold, with the aircraft maintaining airborne status and failing to execute the requisite nose-down flare maneuver to effectuate wheel-to-ground contact.

The rationale behind the pilot's decision not to abort the landing and execute a go-around remains ostensibly opaque.

Air traffic controllers had likewise neglected to reconfigure the approach procedure for the runway so as to facilitate a landing into the prevailing headwind.

It is standard operational practice for airports to reverse the landing direction on a given runway whenever the wind vector shifts.

The flight had been operated by 21 Air, a cargo carrier headquartered in North Carolina.

As per the flight-tracking platform Flightradar24, the 32-year-old Boeing 767, originally constructed for passenger service, had traversed the skies for multiple international airlines over a span exceeding two decades before undergoing conversion into a freighter in 2015.

Two of the four runways at Miami International Airport remained out of service on Tuesday, with Homendy stating that they would not be reactivated until NTSB investigators have extracted all requisite data from the crash site.

According to official statements, no fewer than 225 flights were grounded over the course of Sunday and Monday, while several hundred additional departures experienced substantial delays.

Homendy stated that the NTSB intends to restore the runway to the airport's operational control with utmost celerity, contingent upon the completion of investigators' forensic documentation of the scene.

Owing to an error in a news release issued by the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office, an earlier iteration of this report erroneously rendered the surname of the victim, Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, with an incorrect spelling.