FedEx crashes near Tokyo
 

Cargo plane crash lands in Japan

A cargo plane has crash-landed and burst into flames near Tokyo, Japanese media report.

They say the accident happened at the main Narita international airport on Monday morning local time.

There was no immediate information about any casualties on board the Federal Express Corp plane.

Cargo Plane Crash in Tokyo Narita Airport
BREAKING NEWS as of 1559PDT 22MAR09

Tokyo Broadcasting Station TBS has posted a video footage at time of the crash. It shows the nose of the plane suddenly pulled up but then hit the ground again, burst into flames.




The crash can bee viewed here. http://news.tbs.co.jp/newseye/tbs_newseye4089545.html

From a distance it looks to be and MD-11 F

Thats a horrific accident. Hard to explain why the nose dipped so suddenly.... it looks like it bounced back up off the ground after the inital dip, would that happen if the aircraft stalled?

It would be hard to imagine any of the crew survived the crash. My heart goes out to their families.

That was a pretty hard bounce... Strong winds is being reported...

Hairy scary stuff. Weather looked to be ok too.:eek:

Thanks for the link - amazing footage. Strong winds were mentioned in terms of the conditions during the landing.

My thoughts are with all involved - it doesn't look good :(

Where can you look up the current ATIS for Narita?

Here is a closer look at it...

That seems to show it hitting the deck and then hopping a few times before flipping. The original video missed that intial impact.

The original crash link that I posted has been updated to show the aftermath of the crash with emergency services around the aircraft including the initial impact and the second impact.