Kingston, Jamaica News

Flight Overshoots Runway NTSB to help in investigation into Flight 331's rough landing KINGSTON, Jamaica A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board is traveling to Jamaica to help in the investigation into the troubled landing of an American Airlines flight.

Merry Christmas everyone. Sorry to have only this important followup story to post today: Investigators say they will look at the action pilots' took before their American Airlnes jet crashed two nights ago as they landed at Kingston, Jamaica.

One of 77 delivered to American in 2001 and 2002; 107 now in the American fleet.

The health care reform bill has cleared its last procedural hurdle in the Senate.

The flight slid off the runway during a rainstorm in Kingston, Jamaica. More than 40 people were hurt.

Officials say more than 40 people were injured at the Kingston, Jamaica airport when an American Airlines flight from Miami with more than 150 aboard overshot a runway while landing in a heavy rainstorm.

American Airlines is replacing its older McDonnell Douglas MD-80 jets with Boeing 737-800s. Here is some background on the specific Boeing 737-800 involved in the incident Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica, and the aircraft type in general: SPECIFIC AIRCRAFT Airplane: Boeing 737-800 Built: 2001 Certificate issued by FAA: Sept.

A planeful of people headed down to Kingston, Jamaica for the holidays got the shock of their lives last night when their flight, American Airlines 331 from Miami, overshot the runway during a horrible rainstorm.

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American Airlines Flight 331 overshot the runway in an attempt to land at Kingston, Jamaica last night and crashed.

Jet overshoots runway...Snowy western states...Health care overhaul getting closer KINGSTON, Jamaica An American Airlines jet lies broken on the ground in Kingston, Jamaica after overshooting the runway while landing in a heavy rainstorm.

AN AMERICAN Airlines Boeing 737 overshot the runway while landing at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica on Tuesday night, causing 40 injuries but no fatalities, a local newspaper reported.

A Boeing 737-800 in American Airlines colors, the aircraft scheduled to operate Flight AA 331 which is reported to have been involved in a landing accident at Kingston, Jamaica.

Several young professionals in the public and private sectors are warning that a spate of mass migration is on the horizon if the Government does not clean up its act and roll back the new tax package.

Between 1999 and 2009, of Jamaicans over the age of 25 with university education, 89,000 remained in the island, while 291,000 migrated Read More... Taxing even the blind - Disabled community outraged and saddened MEMBERS OF the disabled community are both outraged and saddened by the recent decision by the Government to impose general consumption ...

Left: Christopher Barnes, The Gleaner's deputy managing director, is introduced to Ammar's line of Jamaican-branded clothing items by Michael Ammar.

R&B fans can celebrate the season with the seductive soul of Philadelphia's multi-platinum R&B artist Musiq Soulchild, whose first collection of holiday songs titled "Christmas Musiq" is now available at all digital music retailers, including iTunes and Amazon.com. A highlight of the seven-track album is a surprising and satisfying reggae version ...

I am an American woman who recently married a Jamaican. We are both full-time volunteer missionaries living here in Jamaica.

Looking quite tropical in this floor-length piece, Karlene Bailey lounges at the event.

Jamaica did not enter an extradition treaty with the United States with a gun to the head of its leaders.