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Reduced Situational Awareness Caused Runway Excursion

American Airlines 737 pilots failed to execute go-around in marginal weather, said Jamaican investigators.

The fuselage of the American Airlines 737 that overshot the runway at Jamaica’s Kingston Airport broke in half, but everyone on board survived the accident. (Photo: JCAA)

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

May 26, 2014

The Jamaican Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA) labeled an American Airlines flight crew’s reduced situational awareness as the primary cause of the December 2009 runway excursion by a Boeing 737-800 at Kingston Airport. The aircraft departed Miami carrying 148 passengers and a crew of six, and all occupants survived the accident.

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