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| Plane on fire at Japanese airport | Plane on fire at Japanese airport |
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| A Taiwanese China Airlines plane has caught fire at an airport on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. | A Taiwanese China Airlines plane has caught fire at an airport on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. |
| TV pictures showed the Boeing 737 passenger plane on the tarmac with huge flames and smoke billowing from it, as firefighters doused the fuselage. | TV pictures showed the Boeing 737 passenger plane on the tarmac with huge flames and smoke billowing from it, as firefighters doused the fuselage. |
| A Japanese transport ministry official said all the passengers had left the aircraft before the fire started. There were also no crew members on board. | |
| The plane had flown in from Taipei with more than 150 passengers on board. | The plane had flown in from Taipei with more than 150 passengers on board. |