Posted on 12/22/2009 9:05:01 PM PST by AtlasStalled
An American Airlines plane crashed and broke in two after landing at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday, according to local reports. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Details were not immediately available, however, passengers on the plane told local media that flight 331 had just arrived from Miami in pouring rain when the accident occurred. The flight apparently originated in Washington, D.C.
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Quick...ban planes and take over healthcare!!
Aren’t aircraft beams used to support limos? They must be pretty strong.
lol! Thanks for the laugh.;^)
I think that the upslope was a good thing in this case.
Which means it never should've landed there. Sounds like the crew had a serious case of get-there-itis.
You got that right.Boeing builds the toughest birds and this goes way back.
Rum punch is served on almost all Caribbean islands, in tourist stores (the little mall near Dunns River Falls for instance), at points of interest - just everywhere. I remember a liquor store in St. Thomas giving samples of liquor so you'd know if you liked what you were buying.... of course that was many years ago.
PS - is it me or does it look like a local shaman is there blessing the already cracked plane?
Thankfully doesn’t look horrible. Possible it “cracked” or “creased” at slow speed, rolling off the runway whereby part of the plane was on the ground while the other ‘half’ was hanging over a small ravine. If the plane’s fuselage somehow teetered on that ledge-like looking surface (rock wall?) it would teeter-totter until it cracked, no?
Was the Hun even flying 10 years ago? It must’ve been somebody’s private toy.
Nothing about plane breaking in two. One engine broke off, left landing gear collapsed, but nothing about plane breaking apart.
I think that guy was hired by AA to go out and cover over their logo with a can of spray paint.
I’m series.
You got a hugh laff outta me with that one. You could be write!
Spent 12 hours in that airport due to an AA A300 engine problem. - Made LGA look like the Hilton.
Ja-maica-me-crazy
Here is the ongoing discussion at Airliners.Net (an aviation enthusiasts forum)
http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/4649947/
If it’s running that late, it’s probably not a virgin anymore.
When I visited Puerto Rico in the early ‘90s, a 12-pack of Coke cost about $12.00 but a half-gallon of run would run about $4.00. If you ordered a rum and Coke anywhere, it was flammable. The way the ingredients were priced, they’d pour an entire glass of rum and just enough Coke to color it a little.
This is deja vu for the runway overrun accidents in Little Rock and Toronto.
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