KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Local aviation officials have taken a closer look at American Airlines (AA) training procedures as they continue their investigations into what caused one of the carrier’s planes to overshoot the runway at the Norman Manley International Airport last December.

Director General at the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Colonel Oscar Darby, said a tem of local investigators visited the American Airlines training school in Texas on January 24.

“Our investigators travelled to the US to view the AA training system and to interview persons there regarding the degree and quality of training that is provided to AA pilots,” he said.

However, the aviation official pointed out that the investigation of the airline’s training mechanism does not mean that pilot error was the cause of the crash.

“As factors are ruled out it would narrow our focus to certain areas, looking at the training system would be standard in any investigation.

"One would need to know the degree of training that the pilots and crew receive, just how it is done and if there is anything in the training system that would be a possible factor in the accident,” Darby said