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Three Injured in Plane Crash at Guam Airport

Friday, August 19, 2005 6:16:40 AM

A Northwest Airline Boeing 747 aircraft sits on the runway of the A.B. Won Pat Guam International Airport Friday Aug. 19, 2005 after a malfunction of its nose landing gear collapsed on a runway while taxiing Friday, injuring three people and forcing the shutdown of Guam's main airport, officials said. The plane carried 318 passengers from Narita, Japan. (AP Photo/P.J. Borja - Pacific Daily News)HAGATNA, Guam (AP) - The nose landing gear of a passenger jet collapsed on a runway while taxiing Friday, injuring three people and forcing the shutdown of Guam's main airport, officials said.

Northwest Airlines Flight 74 from Narita, Japan, with 318 passengers and 16 crew members aboard, was pulling into a gate at Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport when the gear collapsed, airport spokeswoman Rolenda Faasuamalie said.

The passengers and crew exited the Boeing 747 by emergency chutes. Only one of the injured was hospitalized with minor injuries, Guam Gov. Felix Camacho said.


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