An American Airlines (AAL) jet that crashed landed at Jamaica’s Norman Manley International Airport in December 2009 was operated by a flight crew that had been working for more than 12 hours.
Flight-crew fatigue and unfamiliarity with a warning about standing water near the airport’s runways contributed to the Jamaica crash landing, according to a report issued by the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday. The Jamaica crash landing caused the fuselage of the Boeing (BA) 737-823 to break into three pieces. Amazingly, all of the 154 passengers and crew on board the stricken plane survived the incident, the Associated Press notes.
Investigators said that the flight crew in the Jamaica crash landing “were possibly fatigued after being on duty for nearly 12 hours, and awake for more than 14 hours.” The pilot made the landing in heavy rain without “an adequate landing distance assessment.” That may have caused the plane to touch down “farther along the runway than it should have.”
The jet slammed through a fence before coming to a halt in sand dunes near the airport. 14 people sustained serious injuries in the Jamaica crash landing.
AAL stock gained more than 1% in Thursday midday trading.
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