China Airlines crew members tell of harrowing Naha escape

China Airlines crew members tell of harrowing Naha escape

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Captain Yu Chien-kuo (R) and crew members of the China Airlines flight CI-120 speak to reporters at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei on Aug. 21, recounting their harrowing escape after their Boeing 737-800 was engulfed by fire on the tarmac of the airport in Naha, Okinawa on the previous day.

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