牙买加官员说，星期二晚间在首都金斯顿，一架美国航空公司飞机冲出跑道。91人随后被送往医院。这架波音737飞机在诺曼曼勒国际机场降落时滑出跑道。当时暴雨倾盆，机上共有154人。飞机穿过围栏，滑过公路，最后在海边停下。伤者中有人骨折。美国航空公司说，除两人外，其余住院人员都已出院。
这架飞机从华盛顿里根国际机场起飞，中途在迈阿密停留，之后飞往金斯顿。美国航空公司发言人说，飞机降落装置的某些部分损毁，右侧的一个发动机在撞击下从机翼上脱落。
Jamaican officials say 91 people were taken to the hospital after an American Airlines jetliner overshot the runway in the island’s capital of Kingston late Tuesday.The Boeing 737 was carrying 154 people when it skidded off the runway at Norman Manley International Airport after landing during a heavy rainstorm. The plane went through a fence and skidded over a road before coming to rest on a beach.The injuries included broken bones. American Airlines says all but two of those hospitalized have been released.
The flight originated from Washington’s Reagan National Airport, and stopped in Miami before heading to Kingston.A spokesman for American Airlines says part of the plane’s landing gear collapsed, and one engine on the right side fell off the wing from the impact.