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A China Airlines jet exploded into flames at an airport in Japan after arriving from Taiwan yesterday, but there were no injuries among the 165 people on board.
All 157 passengers got off the Boeing 737 before the fire began, a Japanese Transport Ministry official and a China Airlines official in Taipei said.
Boeing and U.S. aviation experts began investigating Wednesday why a China Airlines aircraft exploded minutes after landing at an airport in southern Japan earlier this week, focusing on a suspected fuel leak.
The China Airlines Boeing 737 exploded in a fireball Monday just seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew had evacuated safely on to the tarmac at Okinawa's Naha airport in southern Japan.
Also Wednesday, a China Airlines aircraft made an emergency landing at an airport in western Japan after it ran out of fuel following the temporary closure of its destination airport, officials said.
The jet, an Airbus A330 with 163 people on board, was on its way from Taipei to Chubu international airport in central Japan when that airport's runway was closed for about 30 minutes due to a minor incident involving another plane.
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