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| Situation Update No. 2 Ref.no.: VIV-20091223-24275-JAM
Situation Update No. 2
On 2009-12-23 at 09:22:32 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Incident
Location: Jamaica Capital City Kingston Number of Injured: 40 person(s)
Situation: An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration N977AN performing flight AA-331 from Miami,FL (USA) to Kingston (Jamaica) with 148 passengers and 6 crew, overran Kingston's runway while landing in heavy rain and poor visibility at 10:22pm local time (03:22Z Dec 23rd). The passengers were evacuated. 44 passengers were taken to local hospitals, 4 of them received serious injuries. The airplane received substantial damage. American Airlines confirmed the overrun and reported, that no critical injuries occured. The airplane received substantial damages, the fuselage cracked, the right hand engine was torn off and the main gear collapsed. Passengers reported, that the flight had been tubulent forcing the beverage service to be cancelled. The cockpit crew warned of more turbulence just prior to landing. After touch down the airplane appeared to bounce and started to skid after the second touch down. Baggage fell down from the overhead lockers. After the airplane came to a stand still, cabin crew opened the emergency exits. The airplane came to a stand still about 3 meters short of the Caribbean Sea. |  | | | |
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