Cargo plane crashes on landing at Tokyo airport

JAPAN A FedEx cargo plane burst into flames after bouncing off a runway in unusually high winds at Tokyo’s main international airport Monday, killing the pilot and copilot and closing a major runway for several hours.

The flight from Guangzhou, China, skipped along the main runway at Narita Airport before skidding to a fiery halt, footage from airport security cameras showed. Firefighters and rescuers immediately swarmed the plane.

The pilot and copilot - the only people onboard the flight - were pulled from the cockpit and taken to a local hospital, where they were later confirmed dead.

A spokesman at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism identified the pilot as Kevin Kyle Mosley and the co-pilot as Anthony Stephen Pino.

He declined to give his name, citing department policy. National broadcaster NHK said Mosley was 54 years old and Pino was 49. Tokyo, Monday, ap