Plane Crash Lands In Japan 
Raw video : A cargo plane has crash-landed in high winds at Japan's largest airport, killing both crew members on board.
The accident happened as the Federal Express plane arrived at Narita international airport, near Tokyo, from Guangzhou in China.
Japan's public broadcaster NHK showed dramatic footage of the plane bouncing as it landed on the runway, then bursting into flames.
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Firefighters work to put out the flames after a FedEx cargo plane crashes on arrival at Narita airport, Tokyo, on Monday
The two pilots were taken to hospital but confirmed dead
It took firefighters about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.
The accident happened at about 0650 local time on Monday (2150 GMT Sunday).
Officials said the pilot, Kevin Kyle Mosley, was 54 years old and the co-pilot, Anthony Stephen Pino, was 49. Both were American.
Flight delays
Footage of the crash shows the plane landing hard, tipping on to its left wing and bursting into flame as it then rolled over.
The plane landed in strong winds, of up to 72 km (45 miles) per hour, and Japan's meteorological agency had issued a gale warning for the area around Narita.
"We have information that strong winds caused the plane to divert from the runway," a Narita Airport spokeswoman told reporters.
But officials said it was too soon to confirm if the winds caused the crash.
The jet was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, according to Japan's Kyodo News.
Airlines have cancelled more than 30 flights and diverted others to nearby airports, because Narita's longest runway remains closed.
Parts of the wreckage were still burning hours after the crash.
Kyodo News said it was the first fatal aircraft accident at Narita Airport since it opened in 1978.
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Added: Mar 23 2009 In: news_politics
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Birdman = birdbrain.
Posted Jul-17-2009 by "rabbitss" (R)
Man, sounds like a fun job ?
Posted Nov-1-2009 by "pantoe" (R)
This view is obviously excellent. If excellence for such a thing is the word. Personally, once it started to flip I'd have shuttered the left hydrolics (it's possible, the manufacturer stopped writing the possibility up in their documentation due to legal reasons, but the possibility is there if you're a pilot who knows his equipment), then upon the first touch of runway friction I have boosted the right thrust to performance level .988 (again, a possibility in that aircraft) which would have spun the fuselage at a quick enough rate to separate cleanly from both wings leaving them behind to burn while the fuselage slid a safe distant from the flames. This pretty much was all the pilot had left. I've had to execute this maneuver a couple of times due to violent crosswinds in hellhole backwaters when I was flying low cost routes due to an 'incident' that got me in some trouble with the big carriers. I'm back flying the main routes now.
Posted Mar-23-2009 by "Roll1981" (R)
euh?
Posted Mar-30-2009 by "Marijke48" (R)