40 injured in Jamaica airline crash

American Airlines flight 331 missed and overran the runway at the international airport in Kingston, Jamaica Tuesday, resulting in 40 injured but no fatalities, according to Reuters.

The Boeing 737 belongs to the American Airlines and it carried about 140 passengers when it skidded off the runway.


The plane crashed and broke into two after landing.

"The injured passengers have been taken to Kingston Public Hospital," Jamaican Information Minister Daryl Vaz told the Jamaica Observer.


Three of the injured were seriously hurt, a local newspaper reported.