Cargo Plane Crash at Tokyo Airport - News In Picture

A FedEx cargo plane has crashed on landing at Tokyo's international airport.

The plane, on a regular flight from Guangzhou, China, burst into a ball of flame killing the pilot and co-pilot on board.

The plane, which was landing despite high winds, appeared to bounce off the runway.

Narita Airport's firefighters and rescuers immediately swarmed on to the plane. The pilot and co-pilot - the only people on board - were pulled from the cockpit and taken to hospital, where they were later confirmed dead.

National broadcaster NHK identified them as 54-year-old pilot Kevin Kylemosley and his 49-year-old co-pilot, Anthony Stephen-Pino.

The longer of Narita's two runways remained closed with all incoming flights diverted.

Unusually strong winds of up to 47mph were blowing at the time, but airport officials said it was too early to say whether the strong winds had caused the crash.

News reports said the plane was an MD-11, a wide-body airliner built by McDonnell Douglas and based on the DC-10

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