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kingston runway. drew lfn ton reports from wjz with the harrowing moment leading up to the disaster that officials say could have been much worse. reporter: an american airlines jet with more than 150 people on board was landing in heavy rain when it slammed hard into a jamaican runway and kept going. the plane skidded, crashed through a fence and finally stopped a few feet short of the caribbean sea, luggage burst from the overhead bins and passengers screamed. i heard this humongous boom. the plane actually disintegrated, broke in half. reporter: an american airline spokesman says that the fuselage cracked on impact, a landing gear collapsed and both engines separated from the boeing 737. we tried get out because we were afraid that things were going to explode. we got out as quickly as possible. more than 40 people were sent to the hospital with broken bones and other injuries, none of them life threatening. the plane took off from reagan international airport, b