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Plane 'overshoots Jamaica runway' Plane 'overshoots Jamaica runway'
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An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway at an airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, reports say.An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway at an airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, reports say.
Initial reports suggested Flight AA 331 from Miami had crashed and broken in two after landing in heavy rain. Initial reports suggested Flight AA 331 from Miami had broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport in heavy rain.
A spokesman for American Airlines, Charley Wilson, told the Associated Press news agency all the passengers had now left the plane. Jamaican information Minister Daryl Vaz said at least 40 people were injured but there were no reported fatalities.
A police officer in Kingston, O'Neil Hinds, told AP some people had been taken to hospital. A journalist from the Jamaica Observer told the BBC the plane came to rest on a roadway.
He said survivors thought the plane was landing normally before there was a series of jolts and luggage fell from overhead lockers.
Kingston police officer O'Neil Hinds told AP some people had been taken to hospital.