Fuel leak suspected in plane blast probe

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

Fuel leak suspected in plane blast probe

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

The China Airlines Boeing 737-800 exploded in a fireball on Monday, seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew evacuated safely on to the tarmac at Okinawa’s Naha airport in southern Japan.

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