China Airlines Boeing 737 Burns and Explodes After Safe Landing

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NAHA, Japan — A China Airlines jet exploded into flames at an airport in Okinawa after arriving from Taiwan on Monday, but all 165 people aboard escaped alive, officials said. Police said terrorism was not suspected.
All 157 passengers — including two small children— fled the Boeing 737-800 unhurt on inflated emergency slides just minutes before the plane burst into a fireball, Transport Ministry official Akihiko Tamura told reporters.

Some very interesting and thought provoking reading in this article. First, the jet landed safely. Then it skidded as it taxied to the gate. A fire began in an engine and breached the cabin. Everyone got off safely, but then the plane exploded with a force sufficient to knock a guy off of his feet. Oh yeah – terrorism is not suspected. Mmmkay. The cause isn’t known, but terrorism isn’t suspected – right, got it.

I’m glad that nobody was killed or seriously injured, but something still stinks about this one. I may very well be wrong about that. It may have been an oil leak in the engine. It could have been a few other things. I’ll keep an eye out for more…