FedEx cargo plane crashes at Tokyo airport, 2 killed

A FedEx cargo plane smashed into a runway and burst into a ball of fire while attempting to land at Tokyo's main international airport yesterday, killing the American pilot and copilot. Investigators believe wind shear, or a sudden gust of wind, may have been a factor.

Questions were also being raised about the safety of the MD-11, a wide-body airliner built by McDonnell Douglas and based on the DC-10.

The flight from FedEx's hub in Guangzhou, China, appeared to bounce after its initial touch down, and then skipped along the main runway at Narita Airport before flipping over and coming to a fiery halt, footage from airport security cameras showed.