{"id":2722,"date":"2009-12-23T10:49:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=2722"},"modified":"2009-12-23T10:52:18","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T08:52:18","slug":"plane-crashes-in-jamaica-but-passengers-walk-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/plane-crashes-in-jamaica-but-passengers-walk-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane crashes in Jamaica but passengers walk away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An American Airlines jet overshot the runway at a Jamaican airport and ended up in a mangled mess near a beach, but all 154 passengers and crew survived with just 40 mainly minor injuries, officials said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/american-airlines-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2726\" title=\"Plane crashes in Jamaica but passengers walk away\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/american-airlines-01.jpg\" alt=\"Plane crashes in Jamaica but passengers walk away\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Flight AA 331 from Miami arrived in heavy rain at Kingston airport late Tuesday and passengers had just applauded what appeared to be a safe landing, reports said.<\/p>\n<p>But the Boeing 737 jet ploughed through the perimeter fence at Norman Manley International Airport skidded across a road and ended up on a beachfront. The airport was immediately closed and all other flights diverted.<\/p>\n<p>Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Jamaica Observer newspaper that most of the 40 injured passengers were taken to Kingston Public Hospital and that there were no reports of fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Preliminary reports indicate there are no serious injuries,&#8221; American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said in a recorded statement.<\/p>\n<p>The flight had originated at Washington&#8217;s Reagan National Airport and had stopped at Miami, the airline told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The Boeing 737 aircraft was badly damaged in the crash just after 10:00pm (0300 GMT Wednesday).<\/p>\n<p>One of the jet&#8217;s engines broke off and slides were deployed at emergency exits for passengers to escape the wreck.<\/p>\n<p>The head of TV Jamaica, Milton Walker, told CNN television that a local official confirmed four persons had serious injuries, but that most other injuries were minor.<\/p>\n<p>A passenger told Walker the plane landed normally and that passengers applauded, but that it failed to come to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then there was a loud bang,&#8221; Walker said. &#8220;That&#8217;s when they (the passengers) knew something was wrong, when oxygen masks deployed and also they noticed the structure of the fuselage started to crumble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My information is that it&#8217;s broken into three pieces,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The airline would not speculate as to any possible cause of the incident, Smith said, adding that no other details could be confirmed.<\/p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #f00;\">Error, group does not exist! 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