Monday, August 20, 2007

Plane explodes after landing

I guess we can call this "odd news", because all the passengers escaped safely and terrorism isn't suspected. And it's weird!

Mainichi has the best coverage.

Taiwanese jet explodes into flames at Okinawa airport, no passengers hurt

Here's Asahi's, just to be fair.

China Airlines aircraft explodes soon after landing at Naha Airport; all 165 people on board escape

2 comments:

Chuck said...

I actually lived in Okinawa for two years when I was in the military. I agree, this did seem weird, but I'm glad everyone made it off the plane safely...which, if you look at pictures of the plane, seems rather miraculous.

Heather Meadows said...

I just saw video of the explosion on our noon newscast. That was totally crazy! It is a miracle no one was hurt.

Apparently the explosion was due to some sliding that happened upon landing.