FedEx cargo plane crashes and bursts into flames at Tokyo 's Narita airport in Japan . Pilot and co-pilot , both Americans , aboard plane from Guangzhou , China , are killed . Smoke rises from a FedEx cargo plane that crash landed on the tarmac of the Narita International Airport , Tokyo . Strong winds may have played a role in the crash , says airport official . - May 25 : A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft carrying more than 100 troops to Afghanistan is shot down over eastern Afghanistan, killing all 13 people on board.
FedEx cargo plane crashes and bursts into flames at Tokyo 's Narita airport in Japan . Pilot and co-pilot , both Americans , aboard plane from Guangzhou , China , are killed . Strong winds may have played a role in the crash , says airport official . - May 25 : A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft carrying more than 100 troops to Afghanistan is shot down over eastern Afghanistan, killing all 13 people on board.