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Flight data recorder studied in Jamaica accidentDecember 24, 2009 12:23 p.m. EST An American Airlines jet overshoots a runway Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica. STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- American Airlines plane overran runway, crashed into fence near Kingston, Jamaica
- National Transportation Safety Board investigators are reviewing flight data recorder
- Five people remain hospitalized after accident
Washington (CNN) -- Investigators are reviewing
the flight data recorder from American Airlines Flight 331, the plane
that overran a runway this week near Kingston, Jamaica, and crashed
into a fence.
A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman
said Thursday that the recorder arrived in the agency's Washington
laboratory overnight. Crews continue to look for the cockpit voice
recorder.
The flight originated from Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, and landed in Miami, Florida,
before heading to Jamaica, the airline said.
It
had been raining Tuesday when the plane failed to stop and ran into a
fence past the end of the runway, Radio Jamaica reporter Kirk Abraham
said.
Ninety-one people were taken to three area hospitals, where most were evaluated and released, an American Airlines spokesman said. Ten were admitted, he said, and five remain hospitalized Thursday afternoon.
The flight was carrying 148 passengers and six crew members when it landed in Kingston, the airline said.
CNN's Jim Barnett contributed to this report.
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