Two killed in FedEx plane crash at Tokyo airport

[xxMATTGxx]

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TOKYO (AFP) – A FedEx cargo plane en route from China crashed in high winds and exploded in a ball of flames Monday at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both pilots, officials said.

The pair, both US citizens, were the only two people aboard the American parcel delivery company's wide-body McDonnell Douglas MD-11, which was flying in from Guangzhou in southern China.

It was the first-ever fatal accident at Japan's biggest international airport and the country's first since 1996, when three people died in a Garuda Indonesia accident at ***uoka airport.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090323/wl_asia_afp/japanaccidentaviationpilots

Such a nasty crash, may the two pilots Rest In Peace.


Video can be watched at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7958367.stm

[Yoshimitsui]

Watched the video last night, looks really bad.

[Technologic]

That is a nasty crash

[Jahova]

RIP, terrible crash.

[Jord]

Jesus the hole plane is melted

[Samishlol]

Wow that's bad

[efq]

Thank god that isn't a passenger plane.

[e5]

Jeeeeeesus! The plane is pracitally burnt to a crisp :| When I saw "two" I thought surely not just two... coz if that plane of full, they'd probably all be gone =[

[xxMATTGxx]

Jeeeeeesus! The plane is pracitally burnt to a crisp :| When I saw "two" I thought surely not just two... coz if that plane of full, they'd probably all be gone =[

It would be only two or even 3 due to it being a cargo flight. But I was saying to someone last night, imagine if it was a passenger aircraft. Such a shame and hope the report tells us what really happened weather it was a pilot error, the weather or even a design flaw in the MD-11.

[Yoshimitsui]

Any indications as to what is was carrying yet?

[Juelz]

woah that looks bad ;l

[xxMATTGxx]

Any indications as to what is was carrying yet?

It has been reported that;

"The plane was carrying packaged flammable liquid in its cargo," said an official at the Japan Transport Safety Board.

[Excellent2]

They were warned 4 minutes prior to the incident that the wind was really powerful. RIP :(

[lew!]

Wow, Its crazy how many accidents there have been recently.. Quite worrying!

[xxMATTGxx]

Wow, Its crazy how many accidents there have been recently.. Quite worrying!

Aviation accidents & fatalities are going down, rather then up :]

[Kipp]

Oh dear the crash looks very bad:O