An American Airlines spokesman says the aircraft that crashed this morning in New York was a French-built Airbus A300-600, one of 35 A300s owned by American Airlines.
It went into service with American Airlines as a new aircraft in July 1988.
The plane was equipped with two General Electric engines.
It had a major overhaul in December 1999 and its next major overhaul was scheduled for July 2002.
* The New Zealand Herald will publish a special edition today with updated coverage of the New York city plane crash. This special edition will be on sale in Auckland and main provincial cities at midday.
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Map of crash area
American Airlines information (from within NZ):
0168 1 800 245 0999
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