Plane explodes on runway
All 157 passengers — including two small children — fled the Boeing 737 on inflated emergency slides before the plane exploded, Transport Ministry official Akihiko Tamura said.
China Airlines spokesperson Sun Hung-Wen told reporters in Taipei that the aircraft skidded on the tarmac on its way from the runway to the gate after landing at the Okinawa airport, starting a fire that prompted the emergency exit.
