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| Cargo plane crash lands in Japan | Cargo plane crash lands in Japan |
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| A cargo plane has crash-landed and burst into flames near Tokyo, killing two crew members aboard, officials say. | |
| They say the accident happened as the Federal Express Corp plane landed at Narita international airport from Guangzhou in China. | |
| Japan's NHK public broadcaster showed dramatic footage of the plane landing, bouncing and then bursting into flames on Monday morning local time. | |
| 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), a police official was quoted as saying by the AFP news agency. | |
| The crash reportedly happened in strong winds, though it is not known whether the weather conditions were a factor in the crash. | |
| The jet was a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, according to Japan's Kyodo News. | |
| One runway at Narita was closed after the accident. | One runway at Narita was closed after the accident. |
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