AA flight overshoots runway in Jamaica

[Hopeful]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091223/ap_on_...t_misses_runway

 

[MERV]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091223/ap_on_...t_misses_runway

Thats good to read that everyone was off safely!!!!!!
A landing that you can walk way is a good one!!!!!!
god bless all!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[The Goose]

Oops ...

 

[FWAAA]

Fox is reporting that some passengers are reporting that the plane broke in two after overruning the runway and that 40+ are injured; BBC also reporting 40 injuries. From the WSJ:

An American spokesman said the plane, a Boeing 737-800, which is one of the airline's newest jet models, had 148 passengers aboard and six crew members. He said there were no fatalities, but a number of people were taken away from the scene for treatment. The flight was coming from Miami.

According to spokesman Tim Wagner, the plane's fuselage was cracked, its right engine broke off from the impact and the left main landing gear collapsed. The pilots weren't injured, according to the airline.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1261547598...MIDDLTopStories

 

[Dont call me Shirley]

So glad everyone is safe.
A bit more updated info...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...1cBDGTvQtgMCUAA



http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20091222-0

Just checked google maps for the airport. The flight could easily have wound up in the water.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Norman+Manle...=FRK3EQEdV3Fs-w

Already a wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_331

 

[JFK Fleet Service]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/17275423

 

[eolesen]

That one ain't gonna be a field trip repair... Probably a little too late in the year for the hull insurance to push them to a 4Q09 profit.

 

[Hopeful]

That one ain't gonna be a field trip repair... Probably a little too late in the year for the hull insurance to push them to a 4Q09 profit.

Engines detached (did what they were designed to do in this case) and fuselage in a couple of pieces..Yea, I'd say this is scrap now.

 

[MCI transplant]

That one ain't gonna be a field trip repair... Probably a little too late in the year for the hull insurance to push them to a 4Q09 profit.

<_< ----- That's right Olesen always thinking about the bottom line!!! There were people injured here!

 

[Hopeful]

<_< ----- That's right Olesen always thinking about the bottom line!!! There were people injured here!

Whatta guy!

 

[FWAAA]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34573766/displ...rstry/34566869/

 

[WingNaPrayer]

Whatta guy!

I understood perfectly what he was saying. Pull your head out of your fanny and think about it for more than three seconds and you'll most likely figure it out.

 

[AANOTOK]

Oh that Christmas spirit, can't ya just feel the warmth.

 

[joanne]

Thankfully EVERYONE is safe !!!

I wonder what an A-320 would have looked like, if the situation were reversed !

Boeing

 

[star power]

That one ain't gonna be a field trip repair... Probably a little too late in the year for the hull insurance to push them to a 4Q09 profit.

Tulsa engineering obtaining timbers, blue rug tape, and super glue for the field trip. will need landing gears removed and engines scrap up to be sent to overhaul and then put back on.