Cargo Plane Crashes at Saudi Airport

July 27: A man is seen standing on top of the wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire and split in half as it was landing in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were only slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP)

July 27: The wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire and split in half as it was landing lies on the tarmac in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were only slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP)

July 27: Fire engines arrive at the site where a Lufthansa cargo plane, unseen, caught fire and split in half as it was landing on the airport runway in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were only slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP)

July 27: Fire engines, far left, line up behind the wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane which caught fire and split in half as it was landing in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were only slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP)

In this Feb. 22, 2001 file photo the last plane built under the McDonnell Douglas name, the MD-11, assembled at the Boeing Co. plant in Long Beach, Calif., and purchased by Lufthansa Cargo, a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, lifts off from Long Beach Airport. A Lufthansa MD-11 cargo plane caught fire and split in half as it was landing Tuesday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh, and the German pilot and co-pilot were only slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP)