A Dominican airline Red Air plane caught fire on Tuesday after experiencing an apparent train failure while landing at Miami International Airport.
→ China Eastern plane flight data points to an intentional nosedive.
Flight 203 made an uneventful approach. Upon touching down the runway, the MD-82 veered to the left and skidded onto the grassy area separating runway 9 from the runway 12-30 intersection. The left wing of the aircraft hit the structure of an airport antenna, including a small nearby building.
All 140 passengers and 11 crew members were safely evacuated, but there are reports of some minor injuries.
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