US plane overshoots Jamaica runway, dozens hurt

KINGSTON. December 24. KAZINFORM An American Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 154 passengers and crew overshot the runway while landing in driving rain in Jamaica late on Tuesday, cracking its fuselage and halting just short of the Caribbean sea, authorities and eyewitnesses said; Kazinform refers to China Daily.
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None of the 148 passengers and six crew on board Flight AA 331 were killed, but Jamaican officials said 90 were taken to local hospitals, where they were treated for broken bones, cuts and bruises, as well as shock.

"The situation is pretty much under control, there have been no fatalities and the injured are being cared for," Jamaica's Information Minister Daryl Vaz told journalists.

"So far 90 persons have turned up at hospitals with broken bones, cuts and bruises," he said.

An American Airlines spokeswoman, Andrea Huguely, said at least three people were kept at the hospitals for observation and treatment. Others were treated and released; Kazinform cites China Daily.

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