Posted on 03/22/2009 4:41:41 PM PDT by Moonman62
Apparently this just happened.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6cMK9LUnzI
one just crashed in Butte Montana
Did a sub and ship just collide in the Persian gulf is someone jamming our radar ?
Fed Ex?
Pilot bounced the landing.
Damn...
http://discussions.flightaware.com/viewtopic.php?t=7983&sid=ff8a679dd740d0c24297bdd6b728067b
UPDATE 2-FedEx plane crashes, explodes at Tokyo's Narita
Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:15pm EDTTOKYO, March 23 (Reuters) - A Federal Express Corp cargo plane crashed and burst into flames as it landed at Narita international airport on Monday, closing one runway at the busy gateway to Tokyo.
NHK public broadcaster showed video of the plane crashing and exploding and said there was no immediate news of the fate of the pilot and co-pilot on board.
A Narita Airport spokesman said that one of the airport's two runways was closed but could not say if passenger flights would be affected.
Narita is the main international airport for the Japanese capital and NHK said the plane crashed on the main, long runway.
Japanese media said the plane was a FedEx cargo flight from Guangzhou, China and a FedEx logo was clearly visible on the upturned remains of the aircraft.
NHK's video showed the plane land hard and tip onto its left wing and burst into flame.
It ended upside down off to one side of the runway with firefighters spraying foam onto the broken remains of the plane with its wheel in the air.
Kyodo news agency said that the plane was an MD-11, a freighter made by McDonnell Douglas, part of Boeing Co (BA.N).
Fedex officials in Japan were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Linda Sieg and Chisa Fujioka; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
Yikes.
Looks like an old DC-10 frieghter.
Odd looking crash. The plane landed, then porpoised, and landed hard the second time. The second landing collapsed the Left Main Gear, and that was all she wrote.
DC-10? Looks like the nose gear took a couple of good hits on the 2nd and third touchdowns.
It’s an MD-11 with FedEx markings, not sure if it’s Osaka or Tokyoor what.
The broadcaster says there were just two aboard. The plane came from China, “Kooshyu” (?). It was a FedEx cargo plane. Smoke coming up from the fuselage.
Narita airport —that’s just outside Tokyo.
NRT currently reporting winds NW 30 mph
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Good summation. Sad outcome.
He said fire surpression efforts are ongoing and they don’t know anything about the whereabouts or condition of the crew. Koushyuu must be the Japanese pronunciation of Guangzhou...?
Fed Ex. When it absolutely, positively has to be blown to bits on a tarmac somewhere...
Did Wilson survive?
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