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Plane 'overshoots Jamaica runway' Plane 'overshoots Jamaica runway'
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An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway on landing at an airport in the Jamaican capital Kingston, in heavy rain, reports say. An American Airlines plane has overshot the runway on landing at an airport in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, in heavy rain, reports say.
Flight AA 331 from Miami, with about 150 people on board, is reported to have broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport.Flight AA 331 from Miami, with about 150 people on board, is reported to have broken apart after landing at Norman Manley International Airport.
Jamaican information Minister Daryl Vaz said at least 40 people were injured. Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz said at least 40 people were injured, the Jamaica Observer reports.
Roland Henry, a journalist from the Jamaica Observer, told the BBC the plane came to rest near the beach. One local journalist told the BBC the plane had come to rest near the beach.
He said survivors had thought the plane was landing normally before there was a series of jolts and luggage fell from overhead lockers. Roland Henry said survivors had thought the plane was landing normally before there was a series of jolts and luggage fell from overhead lockers.
Passengers were visibly shaken by the incident and some had broken bones or cuts, he said.Passengers were visibly shaken by the incident and some had broken bones or cuts, he said.
Kingston police officer O'Neil Hinds told AP some people had been taken to hospital. "The injured passengers have been taken to the Kingston Public Hospital," Mr Vaz told the Jamaica Observer. "There are no reports of fatalities."
Kingston police officer O'Neil Hinds told the Associated Press news agency that some people had been taken to hospital.
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