A FedEx MD11 cargo plane ran off a runway at Tokyo's Narita airport in Japan today (Local time: Monday, March 23rd, 2009)and burst into flames during landing. This was FedEx Flight 80 from Guangzhou, China.
Both pilots are American and were killed.
Wind was reported 30-50 m/h at the time of the crash. McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane burst into flames as it hit the runway.
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This recent FedEx Express crash is only one of several tail strike or bounced landing MD-11 accidents they have had over the years. I've collected many of these details in a video report at AirSafe.com's FedEx page at fedex.airsafe.org. I've also included details from previous FedEx events.
Plane lands initially as nose gear slammed down then bounced high again. Plane begins to fly again but stalls landing nose first then slamming left side main landing gear and left wing hard onto runway. Plane flips over left while left wing fuel tank explodes. Both pilots were Americans and both perished. Sad.
so sad. I wish this hadnot happened. RIP!!
sad the pilots died
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