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China Airlines Flight 120 [2] was a regularly scheduled flight from Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), Taiwan to Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan. On 20 August 2007 the Boeing 737-809 (WL) aircraft operating the flight caught fire and exploded after landing and taxiing to the gate area at Naha Airport. Four ...
The burnt-out wreckage of China Airlines Flight 120; following this incident, the FAA issued an emergency airworthiness directive. On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 crashed after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare Airport. An engine separated from the plane, damaging electrical and hydraulic systems, causing the ...
20 August – China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-809 with 165 people on board, catches fire after landing at Naha Airport on Okinawa, Japan. There are no fatalities; three people on the aircraft and one member of the ground crew are injured.
Flight 120 may refer to the following accidents involving commercial airliners: Central African Airways Flight 120, crashed on 17 March 1955; Aeroflot Flight 120, crashed on 13 December 1959; TAME Flight 120, crashed on 28 January 2002; China Airlines Flight 120, caught fire and exploded after landing on 20 August 2007
On August 20, 2007, China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, was taxiing to the ramp after landing when suddenly a fire started beneath the right wing, quickly engulfing the entire plane. All passengers and crew members were evacuated safely.
China Airlines Flight 120; August 20, 2007 (): China Airlines Flight 120, a 737-800 inbound from Taipei, caught fire shortly after landing at Naha Airport on the Japanese island of Okinawa. There were no fatalities.
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China Airlines Flight 120 – A bolt that had come loose from the slat track managed to puncture the fuel tank, causing a fire after normal landing. On 2 January 2024, Japan Airlines Flight 516 , an A350-900 flight from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo to Haneda Airport in Tokyo , collided with a Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Canada Dash 8 while ...