China Airlines grounds 737-800 fleet; joint investigation into explosion underway

China Airlines was ordered by the Taiwanese government to ground temporarily its 11 remaining 737-800s for safety checks following the post-landing fire and explosion that destroyed a -800 Monday morning at Naha Airport in Okinawa. A joint Japanese, Taiwanese and US investigation into the incident...

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