Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted December 23, 2009 Just got this out from DAC: AA 331 overran runway at Kingston,Jamaica Aircraft involved was N997AN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted December 23, 2009 Broke in two??!... or was it just the wheel bogey. CNN December 23, 2009 2:03 a.m. EST(CNN) -- No one was seriously injured Tuesday evening when an American Airlines plane overshot a runway near Kingston, Jamaica, during bad weather and crashed into a fence, officials said. Flight 331 was carrying 145 passengers plus seven crew members and was going from Miami to Kingston, said Omar Lawrence, operations coordinator at Norman Manley International Airport. The incident took place around 10:20 p.m. Tim Smith, an American Airlines spokesman, refuted claims that the Boeing 737 broke into pieces but did say that there was damage to the fuselage, some cracks and the landing gear on one side of the plane collapsed. Smith said they did not have an exact number of people injured but said most of the injuries were minor "bumps and bruises." The flight originated in Washington D.C. before landing in Miami, Florida, and then heading to Jamaica, Smith said. A Radio Jamaica reporter, Kirk Abraham, said it had been raining in the area and the plane ran into a fence after overshooting the runway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted December 23, 2009 Looking at the pictures on the BBC, the B738 looks broken to me! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8427628.stm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flee 5 Report post Posted December 23, 2009 From: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/12/23/336556/kingston-weather-poor-at-time-of-american-737-overrun.html While details on the American Airlines Boeing 737-800 overrun at Kingston remain sketchy, meteorological data shows poor weather conditions during arrival. American's timetable shows flight AA331's scheduled arrival time is 21:10, but the carrier says the aircraft landed at 21:22CST, equating to 22:22 local. Meteorological information from Norman Manley International Airport indicated heavy rain and possible thunderstorm activity at this time. The airport has a single runway, designated 12/30, which has a length of 2,716m (8,910ft) but its virtually-offshore location - on a thin strip of land south of Jamaica - leaves little overrun margin at either end. There is no confirmation of which runway the aircraft was using. While there is an instrument landing system for runway 12, the weather data indicates that this would have required landing with a tail wind. NOTAM information, dated today, shows that the airport has restated the runway distances available to aircraft, and introduced a displaced threshold on runway 30. American states that two of the 148 passengers were admitted to hospital for observation, but all others have been released. The jet, arriving from Miami, was also carrying a crew of six. Damage to the 737 is substantial. Its fuselage has fractured aft of the wing, its right-hand CFM International CFM56 engine has separated and the left wing-tip has snapped. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tamizi Hj Tamby 1 Report post Posted December 29, 2009 Photos of the ill-fated aircraft taken by ICAO: ICAO Photos of the ill fated A/A flight on 22Dec09-DA.C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Radzi 2 Report post Posted December 29, 2009 (edited) I saw a clipping on Utusan Malaysia. Next to the picture of the American Airlines aeroplane is the big title, "Pesawat Jamaica Air terbabas"..... LOL. Only from the great minds of Utusan. Edited December 29, 2009 by Radzi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yusoff 1 Report post Posted December 29, 2009 A bit more photos, GE maps and a raw video at avherald. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
