A Singapore Airlines 747-400 taking off for Los Angeles hit an object on the runway during a storm late last night, scattering flaming wreckage across the tarmac. Despite the rain, video footage showed parts of the Boeing 747-400 series plane spewing gouts of flame and thick black smoke. there were 159 passengers and 20 crew aboard the plane Rescuers have pulled 65 bodies from the wreckage.
