A FedEx cargo plane caught fire on landing at Memphis International Airport this afternoon, but all seven people aboard escaped without serious injury.

FedEx spokesman Ed Coleman says there were two crew members and
five passengers on the MD-10. Coleman also says there was no evidence of an emergency prior to landing.

F-A-A spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen in Atlanta says the plane veered off a runway after landing. The right wing rests on the ground and there are holes burned through the right side of the plane's fuselage.

The Memphis Fire Department dispatched 6 fire fighting units to the accident scene.

The plane was landing after a flight from Oakland, California. Memphis is the home base of FedEx.

Viewers have reported they heard two explosions at the airport. The airport has closed all traffic on runways 36R and 36C.

FedEx has 23 MD-10 jets in its fleet. The MD-10 is a plane based on the DC 10 design.  FedEx converted all their DC-10's to MD-10's in 1997, basically a passenger to freighter conversion