Thursday, December 24, 2009

Special: Overshooting planes.



  • American Airlines 331, a 737-800, overran the runway at Kingston, Jamaica. Around 50 injuries, but none serious, luckily. Supposed bad weather, but investigations continue. After skidding off the runway, the aircraft stopped on the beach. Aircraft fuselage cracked in three places, engines detached from wings, aircraft unusable obviously. Picture on the left shows beach where aircraft finally stopped.
  • Hours later, a Ryanair 737-800 overran the runway at Prestwick Airport in Scotland. This time there were no injuries reported, as the airplane stopped in a field of grass. There was no damage to the aircraft. Ryanair's records of no major injuries to a crew member or passenger still stands.



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