Posted by Yardie Luke on December 23, 2009 under Jamaica Travel | 
American Airlines Flight 331 from Miami overshot a runway while landing during a heavy rainstorm in Kingston on Tuesday night, injuring more than 40 of the 154 people on board. The nose of the jet was less than 10 feet (3 meters) from the water.
The plane’s fuselage was cracked, its right engine broke off from the impact and the left main landing gear collapsed, said Tim Smith, an American Airlines spokesman at the company’s headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas. Most of the injuries were cuts and bruises and none were life threatening.
Posted by Yardie Luke on December 13, 2009 under Jamaica Sports |
Usain Bolt has won the Overseas award for the second year running at the 2009 BBC Sports Personality of Year show.
The Jamaican followed on from his epic feats at the Olympics by setting new world records to win both the 100m and 200m at the World Championships.
His sensational time of 9.58 seconds in the 100m in Berlin was coupled with an equally unbelievable 19.19 in the 200m.
Bolt, speaking via an earlier recorded message said: “It is an honour to win this prestigious award again.”
He added: “Hopefully I can break the record and win it three or four years in a row.”
Tennis superstar Roger Federer, who was the other contender for this year’s award, and boxing legend Muhammad Ali are the only other sports stars to have won the award on successive occasions.
