KINGSTON : American Airlines Crash in Jamaica Update, The American Airlines crash landing at Kingston’s international airport injured 91 people, the country’s Information Minister Daryl Vaz said Wednesday.
None of the injuries were deemed critical and Vaz said most had been released from hospital.
“The majority of injuries are broken bones and of course cuts and bruises and badly shaken up,” Vaz said in the report on CNN’s website.
American Airlines Flight 331, carrying 148 passengers and six crew members, overshot the runway late Tuesday at Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport as it landed in heavy rain.
One of the jet’s engines broke off, part of its landing gear fell apart and the aircraft body was cracked in the accident, officials said.
The airport was immediately closed and all other flights were diverted to Montego Bay, on the western end of the island.
was first posted on December 23, 2009 at 5:14 pm.
