Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; more than 40 hurt (AP)

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A soldier walks near the wreckage of American Airlines flight AA331, which crashed upon landing at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport, late December 22, 2009. The American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing in driving rain at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, but the company said there were no fatalities or serious injuries. The Jamaica Observer newspaper reported 40 injured passengers but did not give details about their condition. CNN said four of the passengers were in serious condition.      REUTERS/Andrew P. Smith (JAMAICA - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY TRANSPORT)AP - An American Airlines flight carrying 154 people skidded across a Jamaican runway in heavy rain, bouncing across the tarmac and injuring more than 40 people before it stopped just short of the Caribbean Sea, officials and witnesses said.


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