Can give you lots of pics for this crash site Was a serving member at the time Was on time off at home preparing for Christmas when got the call to report for duty All to know it was a crash site was going to secured
Passengers aboard American Airlines flight 850 from Miami to Kingston experienced terror when the plane skidded off the runway at Norman Manley International Airport during poor weather. This was last year I think the runway needs improvement I use to work at the airport when heavy rain you can’t see the runway sometimes the flooding come in the baggage area
Bro base on what me see that day is pilot error man land half way in the run way and can’t stop the plane before him take it up him run off runway hit the fence and drop in the sand across the other side of road
The pilots chose to land in a strong tail wind (wind coming from behind ) although air traffic control had recommended them to land from the other direction that would have them landing in a Headwind which is the recommended best practice the persisted. Landing into a strong tailwind and then touchdown halfway down the runway a Go-Around should be initiated and just take off again and with lots of fuel to spare just setup for another landing or Divert to their alternate airport .. More pilot error that ever
My high school ambition was to be a pilot. So I took a more than passing interest in this accident. Two things stood out. 1) commercial pilots I knew were very critical of the flight deck decisions. 2) There was an obvious blackout of any news on the crash and I do not recall the subsequent investigation being published locally in any detail. Our own Civil Aviation Department appeared very compliant in this silence. Perhaps the result of applicable laws or political or aviation industry pressure.
The Approach controller then advised AA331 that they may have to circle from the ILS runway 12 approach and land on runway 30 as the wind at Kingston was now 320 degrees at one zero knots. AA331 acknowledged this and advised that they would go ahead and take a straight in on runway 12 with the tailwind. At 22:14 EST the Approach controller cleared AA331 to maintain four thousand feet, and on reaching KEYNO cleared for a straight in ILS approach runway 12, and advised that the wind was now 320 degrees at 15 knots. AA331 acknowledged the clearance and the Approach controller asked AA331 if they had understood that the wind was 320 degrees at one four knots, asking them if they were still able to make a straight in approach for landing on runway 12. AA331 responded that they had received the wind and could make the straight in approach to runway 12.
See a extract from the report Runway 12 is the direction from portmore and Runway 30 is the direction from bull bay .. The Air traffic controller recommended Runway 30 with a Headwind and kept asking the pilots if the we sure the wanted to land Runway 12 with at Tail Wind. Tailwind landings use more runway distance add a wet runway to that and you are asking for problem. Give thanks no lives were lost
I remember this crash caused excitement in JA, as an unusual occurrence. People were relieved nobody died. Thanks for information about the delayed landing as I thought it happened in a regular touch-down. Made me afraid to return home on those small jet planes at the time. 👍🙏
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A d.c 6 cargo plane ran off the runway in 1979 too
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Can give you lots of pics for this crash site
Was a serving member at the time
Was on time off at home preparing for Christmas when got the call to report for duty
All to know it was a crash site was going to secured
@joejohnson2292 would really appreciate that please email me at cheetyx@gmail.com
Wow, never knew about this at all! It isn't talked about as much as the hijacking these days, thanks for sharing! ..... You mek me fraid a plane lol
VERY DETAILED!!!!
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Passengers aboard American Airlines flight 850 from Miami to Kingston experienced terror when the plane skidded off the runway at Norman Manley International Airport during poor weather. This was last year I think the runway needs improvement I use to work at the airport when heavy rain you can’t see the runway sometimes the flooding come in the baggage area
I remember this incident!! Thank God fir his grace and mercy....no fatalities!! Right below there I used to go fishing!!
Bro base on what me see that day is pilot error man land half way in the run way and can’t stop the plane before him take it up him run off runway hit the fence and drop in the sand across the other side of road
I remember that plane in Kingston when it overshot the runway...
I remember this crash.
Blessings bro thanks for watching
Nuh old story that??
Look like pilot error bro, cause wasn't the ILS working back then? Not to mention following the minimum attitude, runway marking etc
I had friends on that flight.
The pilots chose to land in a strong tail wind (wind coming from behind ) although air traffic control had recommended them to land from the other direction that would have them landing in a Headwind which is the recommended best practice the persisted. Landing into a strong tailwind and then touchdown halfway down the runway a Go-Around should be initiated and just take off again and with lots of fuel to spare just setup for another landing or Divert to their alternate airport .. More pilot error that ever
My high school ambition was to be a pilot. So I took a more than passing interest in this accident. Two things stood out. 1) commercial pilots I knew were very critical of the flight deck decisions. 2) There was an obvious blackout of any news on the crash and I do not recall the subsequent investigation being published locally in any detail. Our own Civil Aviation Department appeared very compliant in this silence. Perhaps the result of applicable laws or political or aviation industry pressure.
The Approach controller then advised AA331 that they may have to circle from the ILS runway
12 approach and land on runway 30 as the wind at Kingston was now 320 degrees at one zero
knots.
AA331 acknowledged this and advised that they would go ahead and take a straight in on
runway 12 with the tailwind. At 22:14 EST the Approach controller cleared AA331 to maintain
four thousand feet, and on reaching KEYNO cleared for a straight in ILS approach runway 12, and
advised that the wind was now 320 degrees at 15 knots. AA331 acknowledged the clearance and
the Approach controller asked AA331 if they had understood that the wind was 320 degrees at
one four knots, asking them if they were still able to make a straight in approach for landing on
runway 12. AA331 responded that they had received the wind and could make the straight in
approach to runway 12.
See a extract from the report Runway 12 is the direction from portmore and Runway 30 is the direction from bull bay .. The Air traffic controller recommended Runway 30 with a Headwind and kept asking the pilots if the we sure the wanted to land Runway 12 with at Tail Wind. Tailwind landings use more runway distance add a wet runway to that and you are asking for problem. Give thanks no lives were lost
I knew individual that was working at the airport when the Pan Am plane crashed and the gave me their accornt.
I remember this crash caused excitement in JA, as an unusual occurrence. People were relieved nobody died. Thanks for information about the delayed landing as I thought it happened in a regular touch-down. Made me afraid to return home on those small jet planes at the time. 👍🙏