Boeing 737-800 crash, Dec 22, 2009, Kingston-Norman Manle...
Boeing 737-800 accident on December 22, 2009 near Kingston-Norman Manley (Palisadoes), Kingston City District, Jamaica with no fatalities. Cause: Under...
- Date: December 22, 2009
- Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
- Location: Kingston-Norman Manley (Palisadoes), Kingston City District, Jamaica
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Under investigation in early reporting. The jet touched down about 4,100 feet into the runway in heavy rain with a tailwind and could not stop in the remaining distance. Official final findings were not confirmed.
American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800 from Miami, landed long on the wet runway at Kingston at night in heavy rain with a tailwind. The jet could not stop in the remaining runway, ran off the end and broke into sections on the beach below. Most passengers had minor or no injuries and the aircraft was destroyed.