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Officials examine the remains of American Airlines Flight AA331 at the Kingston airport December 23, 2009. The American Airlines Boeing 737 carrying more than 150 passengers and crew overshot the runway while landing in torrential rain in Jamaica late on Tuesday, cracking open its fuselage and halting just short of the Caribbean sea, authorities and eyewitnesses said. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>> |
Plane crashes in Jamaica, 40 injured
HAVANA, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 737 from the American Airlines crashed Tuesday night after landing at the international airport at Kingston, Jamaica, injuring 40 passengers on board, reports from Kingston said.
"The injured passengers have been taken to the Kingston Public Hospital," Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Jamaica Observer. "There are no reports of fatalities." Full story