A powerful typhoon lashed the southern Japanese island of Okinawa and surrounding areas today, injuring four people and cutting off power to about 57,000 households.

Boeing and US aviation experts arrived in Japan today to investigate the Taiwanese jet explosion and a suspected fuel leak.

Police and aviation experts began examining the charred shell of a China Airlines jet in southern Japan today, widening an investigation into why the plane exploded in flames just seconds after the 165 people aboard escaped.