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AA Crash Jamaica
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An American Airlines plane skidded off the runway and broke in two after landing in Kingston, Jamaica, shortly after 10 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to local news reports. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Details were not immediately available, but passengers at Norman Manley International Airport told local media that flight 331 had just arrived from Miami in heavy rain when the crash occurred.
The flight apparently originated in Washington, D.C.
An airport official said the plane overshot the runway and persons are being evacuated, with some sent to hospital.
"The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me," said passenger Naomi Palmer to the Jamaica Observer. Palmer said she was in pain.
Emergency vehicles sirens could be heard as she spoke via cell phone.
Although Fox are reporting that the flight originated in Washington,it appears to have been via Miami.
Hope everyone walked away.
An American Airlines plane skidded off the runway and broke in two after landing in Kingston, Jamaica, shortly after 10 p.m. local time Tuesday, according to local news reports. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Details were not immediately available, but passengers at Norman Manley International Airport told local media that flight 331 had just arrived from Miami in heavy rain when the crash occurred.
The flight apparently originated in Washington, D.C.
An airport official said the plane overshot the runway and persons are being evacuated, with some sent to hospital.
"The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me," said passenger Naomi Palmer to the Jamaica Observer. Palmer said she was in pain.
Emergency vehicles sirens could be heard as she spoke via cell phone.
Although Fox are reporting that the flight originated in Washington,it appears to have been via Miami.
Hope everyone walked away.
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Associated Press
Heavy rain reported at the time. METAR currently MKJP 230500Z 35002KT 33000 +RA BKN014 BKN090 20/18 Q1013
AP) – 6 minutes ago
MIAMI — An American Airlines spokesman says a flight from Miami has overshot the runway in Kingston, Jamaica, but came to a safe stop. He says there are no reports of injuries or fatalities.
Charley Wilson says all passengers are off Flight 331. It took off from Miami International Airport Tuesday evening. He says it was almost a full flight. He says normally a flight carries 140 passengers plus the crew.
He says more information was not available.
FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown says the plane was a Boeing 737.
MIAMI — An American Airlines spokesman says a flight from Miami has overshot the runway in Kingston, Jamaica, but came to a safe stop. He says there are no reports of injuries or fatalities.
Charley Wilson says all passengers are off Flight 331. It took off from Miami International Airport Tuesday evening. He says it was almost a full flight. He says normally a flight carries 140 passengers plus the crew.
He says more information was not available.
FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown says the plane was a Boeing 737.
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On the BBC here:
BBC News - American Airlines plane 'overshoots runway' in Jamaica
BBC News - American Airlines plane 'overshoots runway' in Jamaica
An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway at an airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, reports say.
Initial reports suggested Flight AA 331 from Miami had broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport in heavy rain.
Jamaican information Minister Daryl Vaz said at least 40 people were injured but there were no reported fatalities.
A journalist from the Jamaica Observer told the BBC the plane came to rest on a roadway.
He said survivors thought the plane was landing normally before there was a series of jolts and luggage fell from overhead lockers.
Kingston police officer O'Neil Hinds told AP some people had been taken to hospital.
Initial reports suggested Flight AA 331 from Miami had broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport in heavy rain.
Jamaican information Minister Daryl Vaz said at least 40 people were injured but there were no reported fatalities.
A journalist from the Jamaica Observer told the BBC the plane came to rest on a roadway.
He said survivors thought the plane was landing normally before there was a series of jolts and luggage fell from overhead lockers.
Kingston police officer O'Neil Hinds told AP some people had been taken to hospital.
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It appears that current info is unreliable as some reports here say the plane didn't break up and there were no injuries. Will have to wait and see. Nothing much more to offer from the west side of the pond.
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Googled a few minutes ago and reports were 40 injuries and plane damaged but did not break up. The pilots originated in MIA and were not involved in the storms earlier this week.
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Statement from AA
AMERICAN AIRLINES STATEMENT REGARDING FLIGHT 331 Release #1 @ 11:58 (p.m.) U.S. Central Time
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FORT WORTH, Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, overran the runway on landing at Kingston, Jamaica's Norman Manley International Airport. The flight originated out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, operated into Miami International Airport, and then operated into Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport.
Preliminary reports indicate there are no serious injuries. The aircraft was carrying 148 passengers and a crew of six.
American Airlines is in direct contact with officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and is cooperating fully with appropriate authorities. American Airlines will not speculate as to possible causes of the incident. At this point, no additional details can be confirmed.
SOURCE: American Airlines
PRNewswire
FORT WORTH, Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, December 22, 2009, American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, overran the runway on landing at Kingston, Jamaica's Norman Manley International Airport. The flight originated out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, operated into Miami International Airport, and then operated into Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport.
Preliminary reports indicate there are no serious injuries. The aircraft was carrying 148 passengers and a crew of six.
American Airlines is in direct contact with officials from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and is cooperating fully with appropriate authorities. American Airlines will not speculate as to possible causes of the incident. At this point, no additional details can be confirmed.
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Acft reported to be N977AA:
Photos: Boeing 737-823 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Reported by NBC that one engine came off and gear collapsed.
Jetliner misses runway in Jamaica - Americas- msnbc.com
Unconfirmed reports on A.net suggest plane came to rest on a beach.
Photos: Boeing 737-823 Aircraft Pictures | Airliners.net
Reported by NBC that one engine came off and gear collapsed.
Jetliner misses runway in Jamaica - Americas- msnbc.com
Unconfirmed reports on A.net suggest plane came to rest on a beach.
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Doesn't sound like they missed the runway, more like they found it a little too enthusiastically.
It will be interesting to see what the flightcrew had for a duty day before they flew to Jamaica. A nasty approach after a long day is very condusive to errors happening. Little Rock cmes to mind. We shall have to wait and see.
It will be interesting to see what the flightcrew had for a duty day before they flew to Jamaica. A nasty approach after a long day is very condusive to errors happening. Little Rock cmes to mind. We shall have to wait and see.
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'Lost' an engine
@akerosid: I think the story reported that they 'lost' an engine, and the gear collapsed, which could mean that they lost power on the engine, not necessarily that it departed the airframe.
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Notice that there is no runway behind the a/c, and 'behind' here refers to the rear of the a/c, not the rear of the photo. So it's current position seems rather odd. How much has it slewed/spun I wonder?
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American Airlines rep on CNN here in the US stated aircraft ran off the end of the runway, through the perimeter fence and ended up on or near a road at the end of the runway. Right engine departed the wing and left gear ripped off.......
Unsure of casualty numbers but no life threatening injuries reported.
Unsure of casualty numbers but no life threatening injuries reported.
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Norwegian paper Aftenposten...
... has a rather non-hysterical interview with a passenger claiming that there was turbulence where the flight attendants had to stop serving drinks 3 times, before finally giving up althogether.
Just before landing the flight crew warned against even more turbulence.
Sounds like they were in for some nasty weather for sure...
Just before landing the flight crew warned against even more turbulence.
Sounds like they were in for some nasty weather for sure...
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Would the experts like to cast their eyes over the METAR in the Wikipedia article and make any corrections if necessary please?
American Airlines Flight 331 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Airlines Flight 331 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia