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Minister of Transport and Works, Hon. Mike Henry, says preliminary investigations into the December 22 accident involving American Airlines flight 331, at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) in Kingston, have indicated no mechanical malfunctioning of the aircraft. Mr. Henry was speaking to journalists on Wednesday (January 6), at the weekly Post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the Prime...

Inspector Christopher 'Rally' Bickford of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority (JCAA), says it could take up to two years before investigators can definitively say what really caused last December's accident involving American Airlines flight 331 at Kingston's Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) Speaking on Wednesday (January 6) at the weekly Post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston, Mr. Bickford...

Prime Minister the Hon. Bruce Golding says that the Government will arrange the appropriate recognition for Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus operator, Ms. Annette Howard, for keeping a cool head and using her initiative to move persons away from the American Airlines crash of December 22. Ms Howard paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister along with the...

Come next year, the government-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) will be placing increased focus on improving its operations, including strengthening its fleet, as it strives to provide a safe, modern, and reliable bus system for the travelling public. Managing Director, Paul Abrahams, tells JIS News that the JUTC "suffers tremendously" from an aged fleet, and the "lack of funding...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is advising motorists that Old Church Road in St. Andrew, adjacent to the recently constructed Waterloo Bridge, will be closed temporarily, from Monday, January 4, 2010 to Saturday, January 30, 2010. Closure of this roadway is to facilitate Phase III of the Waterloo Bridge/Road Improvement Programme, currently underway along the corridor. The alternative route for...

In keeping with the recent recommendations of the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), bus and taxi fares are to be increased by 20 per cent, effective Saturday, January 16, 2010. Transport and Works Minister, the Hon Mike Henry, in advising of the pending new transportation rate, said that the bus and taxi operators had convinced the OUR of the need...

From 10:00 p.m. tonight (December 28) until 5:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 29, the Port Royal Road will be closed, to facilitate removal of the mid-section of the American Airlines aircraft, which overshot the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport on December 22. The tail section was removed on December 26, while the nose of the aircraft was removed...

This is to advise that the Port Royal main road will reopen at 1:00 am instead of 4:00 am as the operation to remove another portion of the plane has been successful.

The Port Royal Road will be closed today (December 27), from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. on Monday, December 28, to facilitate removal of another section of the American Airlines aircraft, which overshot the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport on December 22. The tail section was removed in an operation which began last night (December 26), at 10:45...

The Port Royal Road will be closed today (December 26), from 10:45 p.m. until 3:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 27, to facilitate removal of the tail section of the American Airlines aircraft, which overshot the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport on December 22. A crane will be deployed to carry out the removal exercise at the site, which...

The Ministry of Health says that of the fourteen passengers admitted to hospital following Tuesday's night's accident at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA), only one person remains in hospital. According to a release from the Ministry, the reports it has received revealed that 100 injured passengers were seen at hospitals in Kingston and St. Andrew. "The number reflects eight...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is reporting that blockages to roadways in eastern parishes of St. Mary and St. Ann have been cleared. These roadways and drains were blocked by landslips, wash-down silt, debris, fallen rocks and trees, caused by heavy rainfall that affected these parishes over the past 72 hours. In St. Mary, all main roads that were affected...