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Planes collide on runway in Japan; hundreds escape fireball

Posted on AllSides January 2nd, 2024
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A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, with five people on the smaller plane killed, officials said. All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was engulfed in flames, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed. The pilot of the coast guard plane escaped but the five crew members died, Saito said. Tuesday’s accident was the first time one of the Airbus A350, among the industry’s newest large passenger planes,...

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