All Safe After Aircraft Fire in Japan
Posted on: Monday, 20 August 2007, 09:09 CDT
A China Airlines Boeing 737's left engine burst into flames soon after landing Monday in Okinawa, Japan, but all 157 passengers and crew escaped.
The Taiwan-based plane left Taipei at 9:23 a.m. and landed at Naha airport. Minutes after taxiing to a halt, there was some sort of explosion and the fire erupted, the Kyodo news agency reported.
The National Police Agency said one flight crew member and a ground crew member were injured and two passengers were taken to a hospital reportedly feeling ill, officials said.
Police said there was no indication of terrorist activity in the fire, which took 2 minutes to extinguish.
China Airlines' last major accident was when a passenger jet broke into pieces in 2002 on its way from Taipei to Hong Kong, killing all 225 people aboard, the report said.
Source: United Press International
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