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• Stephen Pope
A DHL Boeing 737-800 freighter arriving from Phoenix as flight KFS 1814 caught fire around 11 p.m. local time Wednesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Video showed flames from the right main landing gear as the aircraft came to a stop on the runway.
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A DHL Boeing 737-800 freighter arriving from Phoenix as flight KFS 1814 caught fire around 11 p.m. local time Wednesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport. Video showed flames from the right main landing gear as the aircraft came to a stop on the runway.
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