Taiwanese Boeing 737-800 jet explodes at Japanese airport

TallDutch · Post by **TallDutch** » 20 Aug 2007, 08:01

TOKYO - A plane belonging to Taiwan’s China Airlines Ltd. exploded and caught fire soon after landing on Japan’s southern island of Okinawa on Monday, but officials said all 165 people on board had escaped safely.

The Boeing 737-800 plane, which had just arrived from Taipei, was already being evacuated when the left engine exploded, ripping the plane apart, officials and witnesses said.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20351109/

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 20 Aug 2007, 08:12

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/2007/08/20/v ... 93_mh.html

Nice video, everyone is ok, that's the most important.

Firecrew was very very slow though...

Post by **sn26567** » 20 Aug 2007, 09:15

Crew reported missing as jet burns

A China Airlines jetliner burst into flames Monday morning at the Naha airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa, and some crew members were reported missing.

FULL STORY from CNN

LX-LGX · Post by **LX-LGX** » 20 Aug 2007, 10:19

sn26567 wrote:Crew reported missing as jet burns

A China Airlines jetliner burst into flames Monday morning at the Naha airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa, and some crew members were reported missing.

Latest news from CNN: all passengers and crew are safe.

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiap ... index.html

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 20 Aug 2007, 10:34

Incredible pictures !! Fortunately everyone escaped without being burned...

Thanks for sharing.

Chris

CX · Post by CX » 20 Aug 2007, 10:59

They are grounding ALL 737s after this event...

Comet · Post by **Comet** » 20 Aug 2007, 11:14

It's great that everyone managed to get out of this.

Andries · Post by **Andries** » 20 Aug 2007, 13:09

CX wrote:They are grounding ALL 737s after this event...

Imagin that. Worldwide all 737NG's grounded untill the end of the investigation ...

Greetz,

Andries

Avro · Post by **Avro** » 20 Aug 2007, 13:11

Andries wrote:
CX wrote:They are grounding ALL 737s after this event...
Imagin that. Worldwide all 737NG's grounded untill the end of the investigation ...

All taiwanese 737's are grounded so far

spotter1102 · Post by **spotter1102** » 20 Aug 2007, 14:50

On La Une at 13h they said that there was any problem during the flight and during the landing !!!