Two killed as cargo plane crashes at Tokyo airport

By DPA,

Tokyo : The pilot and co-pilot of a Federal Express cargo plane were killed Monday in a fiery landing at Narita airport near Tokyo, media reports said, citing official information.

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CNN showed footage of the crippled plane bouncing twice, as it veered off the runway aflame.

Strong crosswinds bounced the plane – an MD-11 coming from China – twice on the landing strip before 7 a.m., causing it to flip, Japan’s broadcaster NHK reported.

The only people on board the MD-11 operated by FedEx were a pilot and co-pilot. The plane was reduced to ashes and debris.

The plane had come from Guangzhou in China.