National Transportation Safety Board

Railroad Accident Report Miami International Airport, Automated People Mover Train Collision with Passenger Terminal Wall Miami, Florida November 28, 2008 National Transportation Safety Board

About 4:44 p.m., eastern standard time, on November 28, 2008, a three-car train operating along a fixed guideway on Concourse E at Miami International Airport near Miami, Florida, failed to stop at the passenger platform and struck a wall at the end of the guideway. Although a maintenance technician was monitoring train operations from the lead car of the train when the accident occurred, the train was operating in fully automatic mode without a human operator. The maintenance technician and five passengers on board the train were injured in the accident. One person on the passenger platform also required medical attention.