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Look at how long it took for help to arrive!!!!!!!!!! This is at a REAL AIRPORT - Not in Outer Mongolia!!!!!



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YouTube - China Airlines plane bursts into flame at Okinawa airport





Tokyo/Taipei - A China Airlines plane became engulfed in flames Monday after one of its engine exploded upon landing on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring two people, local media reported.



The left engine of Flight 120 belonging to the Taiwan airline caught fire around 10:30 am (0130 GMT) at Naha airport, but all its 157 passengers, including two infants, were able to evacuate the plane on emergency chutes. No passengers were injured.



One of the plane's eight crew members was hurt, however, as was a member of the ground crew.



One passenger was also taken to hospital after becoming ill following the evacuation from the Boeing 737-800, which left Taipei at 9:23 am.



The jet was taxiing on the tarmac when ground personnel alerted the pilot that the engine had caught fire, Taiwan authorities said. The plane's occupants were evacuated before the left engine exploded minutes after the plane was parked, a Japanese transport ministry official added.



Fire and black smoke engulfed the plane, which broke into three parts, before the blaze was extinguished an hour later.



Taiwan's ERA cable TV channel quoted some passengers as saying they heard an explosion in the engine before the fire.



The passengers were mostly Taiwan tourists but included 18 Japanese travellers. Two pilots and six flight attendants, one of whom is Japanese, was also on board.
 
The article is wrong. . A flap hinge bolt came loose and upon flap retraction was driven up into the fuel tank thus rupturing it.



All those aboard were lucky that SOP's call for retracting the flaps and slats after clearing the runway... .



Cheers, Bill
 
I have noticed over the years that the Navy fire truck drivers have throttle control like most here on TDR, Coast and WOT :D
 
Wow that was really poor responce time, they tell us to evacuate the ACFT and stay clear of the fire truck, in that fire you could have taken a nap.



Jim
 
I use to live in Naha overlooking that Airport, seen some gnarly typhoon's but nothing like that. It appears in this video the baggers also run the fire trucks when needed so they had to go out and unlock the the firehouse!
 
actually that was a good response time everytime a fire truck needs to cross a runway it has to be cleared its not like city streets where they can drive wherever they want also there was probably a delay in the time it went from pilot to atc to dispatch to fire
 
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