A fire broke out on a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet after it arrived at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan on Monday morning (August 20). All 165 passengers and crew members managed to escape.

Early reports suggested that there might be fuel leaked from the airplane and somehow caught on fire.

Jet fire at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan
The jet in fire


Jet fire at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan
The fire started at around 10.30am

Jet fire at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan
Fire fighters to the rescue (All images courtesy of Xinhuanet)



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