A FedEx cargo aircraft crash landed and burst into flames early Monday morning at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, according to airport and police officials. The pilot and copilot were taken to a hospital, and a local TV station reported they were both confirmed dead.
The MD-11 aircraft, Flight 80 from Guangzhou, China, was apparently whipped back up by strong winds when it landed at around 6:50 a.m., according to the Chiba prefectural police.
Local firefighters were seen trying to extinguish the flames.
A local observatory said winds of up to 72 kilometers per hour were blowing in areas around the airport at the time of the accident.
Video footage obtained by NHK showed the plane touching down on its rear wheels and its head hitting the runway as if slammed onto the ground.
The plane bounced and its left wing hit the ground. The plane then flopped over and veered off from the runway with flames bursting from the center of the fuselage.
The cargo plane touched down on Runway A, the longer of the airport’s two runways. The runway, used for accommodating large aircraft, is currently closed, according to the airport office.
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First off i would like to express my condolences to the families of the crew, and secondly all i can say is there is no such thing as a "Runway A" because runways are named by the runway heading so there are 2 runways, runway 34 right/runway 16 left and runway 34 left/runway 16 right just saying, maby you guys at this news and cnn should check google earth before you post stuff allover the net.
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