China Orders Wings Checked on Boeing 737 Jets – Gu Jia

From Shanghai Daily:

China has ordered an immediate inspection of the wing slats on all Boeing 737 jetliners operated by domestic airlines in wake of an explosion that destroyed a China Airlines 737 in Japan last week.

The China Airlines Boeing 737-800 exploded in a fireball on August 20 seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew members evacuated safely onto the tarmac at Okinawa’s Naha airport in southern Japan.[Full Text]

[Video: Youtube, China Airlines B737 Explosion – Japan Naha Airport.]

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