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On landing at Ft. Lauderdale the cargo aircraft veered to the left and ended off the runway on fire. Both crewmembers escaped. FedEx cargo flight FDX 910 was following an ILS approach to runway 10L(eft) at in windy weather. After touchdown its left maingear gave way and collapsed rearwards causing its left wing to drop and its left engine hit the ground. Directional control was subsequently lost and the MD-10 ran to the left of the runway. At this time, the aircraft left a trail of fire behind it, apparently from a leaking fuel line resulting in dense black smoke and large flames. The MD-10 came to a standstill in an angle of about 30 degrees immediately after passing taxiway „Alpha 4“ . The left wing was completely on fire. Both crewmembers escaped the cockpit via escape ropes and remained unhurt. About a minute after standstill, an explosion occured inside a fuel tank intensifying the flames even more before – after about 2 minutes – the airport fire brigade arri
