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Hole found in fuel tank of plane that exploded


In this photo released Thursday, Aug. 23, 20007 by Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Tokyo,  a bolt is seen piercing through a fuel tank on the right wing of a China Airlines aircraft which exploded in a fireball just seconds after all 165 passengers and crew have evacuated Monday at Okinawa's Naha airport in southern Japan. Aviation experts investigating the plane explosion found Thursday a hole in the fuel tank, made by the bolt, which is is on the right wing slat, and believe the damage caused fuel to pour out and catch fire, transport officials said. (AP Photo/Japan's Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, HO) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY**Investigators Thursday found that a bolt had pierced the fuel tank of a Taiwanese jetliner that caught fire after landing in Japan, forcing all 165 people aboard to evacuate the plane seconds before it exploded, officials said.





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