RSOE EDIS - Situation Update No. 1 : Jamaica - Vehicle Incident

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Situation Update No. 1 Posted:2009-12-23, 05:58:49 [UTC] Ref.no.: VIV-20091223-24275-JAM Situation Update No. 1 On 2009-12-23 at 06:27:26 [UTC] Event: Vehicle Incident Location: Jamaica Capital City Kingston Number of Injured: 40 person(s) Situation: An American Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica Tuesday night, causing 40 injuries but no fatalities, a local newspaper reported. "The injured passengers have been taken to the Kingston Public Hospital," Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Jamaica Observer. "There are no reports of fatalities." An FAA spokeswoman told Reuters the plane was American Airlines flight 331 from Miami. The flight originated in Washington DC. The plane crashed and broke in two after landing, Fox News said on its website, quoting local reports. The Jamaica Observer newspaper said the plane arrived in pouring rain at around 10 p.m. local time and overshot the runway. CNN.com quoted Omar Lawrence, the airport's operations coordinator, as saying there were 145 passengers and seven crew members aboard. Please DO NOT reply to this message: replies may be treated as errors and result in your subscription being deleted. If you have trouble or other queries, send email to havaria@rsoe.hu RSOE EDIS is operated by the National Association of Radio-Distress Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE), Budapest, Hungary. Because of the complexity of this system and its dependence on other systems, we cannot be responsible for delays or failures in forwarding or transmission. You're receiving this AlertMail because you subscribed for the service. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. Contact: havaria@rsoe.hu