Wednesday, December 23, 2009 
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FILE: An American Airlines Boeing 737 plane
Airline spokesman Charley Wilson said in a short statement there were no immediate reports of fatalities in the crash that occured about 10:22 p.m. local time Tuesday.
The plane was carrying 145 passengers and 7 crew members, an operations coordinator at Norman Manley International Airport said.
Additional details were not available, but passengers at the airport told local media that Flight 331 had just arrived from Miami in heavy rain when the crash occurred.
The flight was reported to have originated in Washington, D.C.
An airport official said the plane overshot the runway and persons were being evacuated, with some sent to hospital.
"The plane crashed and broke almost in front of me," said passenger Naomi Palmer to the Jamaica Observer. Palmer said she was in some pain.
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Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:30 AM EST Workers sift through debris surrounding the fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston Jamaica, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. More than 40 people were injured, at least 4 seriously, and there were no fatalities, according to officials, after the plane overshot the runway in Jamaica when it landed in heavy rain. (AP Photo/Lloyd Robinson) JAMAICA OUT Source: AP - Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.   The remains of American Airlines Flight AA 331 which crashed on landing at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport late on the night of December 22, 2009. The American Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 154 passengers and crew overshot the runway while landing in driving rain in Jamaica late on Tuesday, cracking its fuselage and halting just short of the Caribbean sea, authorities and eyewitnesses said. Picture taken December 22, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew P. Smith (JAMAICA - Tags: SOCIETY DISASTER TRANSPORT)  Workers and officials sift through debris surrounding the fuselage of American Airlines flight AA331 which crash landed overnight on a flight from Miami to Jamaica, just beyond the runway of Norman Manley International Airport, in Kingston Jamaica, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009. More than 40 people were injured, at least 4 seriously, and there were no fatalities, according to officials, after the plane overshot the runway in Jamaica when it landed in heavy rain. (AP Photo/Lloyd Robinson) JAMAICA OUT |
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