Landing incident with American Airlines B737 at Jamaica

[JS50557]

AMERICAN AIRLINES STATEMENT REGARDING FLIGHT 331 Release

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.

[skycruiser]

That's not a crash, but a landing accident. A crash is a sounds much more serious to be honest...

Eric

[stipjes]

That's not a crash, but a landing accident. A crash is a sounds much more serious to be honest...

Eric

I would change the title a bit before you have a website crash because of all the hits.

[Nlspot2003]

From http://www.skyliner-aviation.de" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Boeing 737 -823 29550 1019 N977AN American Airlines overshot rwy on ldg at KIH 22dec09 and broke into 2, 40 injured

[Henk Voortwijs]

Boeing 737 American Airlines breaks after landing at Jamaica

http://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/news/?ID=33201" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SPL]

Links with different pictures:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8427628.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-373415" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Groeten Martijn