Japanese plane erupts into flames in strong winds after passengers are evacuated
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The wreckage of a DC-9 airliner litters the runway at Hanamaki airport, north Japan, after it caught fire on landing in strong wind. Eighteen of the 77 people on board the aircraft, which was on a domestic flight, were taken to hospital for injuries described as minor
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