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in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism, and backlash over her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. the alarming break-in at the colorado supreme court. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the building, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint...

not. the car crash and deadly inferno in rochester. multiple people dead. authorities say this was intentional. they say the driver with at least a dozen canisters filled with gas in his rented suv. aaron katersky reporting. tonight, the embattled president of harvard abruptly resigning amid allegations of plagiarism and backlash on her testimony on anti-semitism on campus. a suspect allegedly shooting his way into the colorado supreme court, holding a guard hostage at gunpoint. ...

It was a flight attendant who informed them of the cabin fire.

The flawless evacuation on the Japan Airlines jet has astounded the world and won praise.

All 379 passengers and crew on board the state of the art JAL Airbus were safely evacuated.

Guard aircraft believed that they were cleared onto that runway. >> reporter: within seconds, japan airlines flight 516 carrying 379 passengers and crew crashed. the fireball almost instantly incinerating the coast guard plane. about a thousand yards down the runway, thats where flight 516 came to rest. all thats left now are the wings and part office the engines. inside the airliner, the cabin filling with smoke. five of the planes eight emergency exits unusable. but the crew funneled nearly 40...

This is what theyll be focusing on. >> japan 516 continue approach. >> reporter: communication with air traffic control. japanese authorities saying five members of that coast guard plane sitting on the runway were killed. this was part of the twin tragedies that struck japan within 24 hours. that coast guard flight headed to western japan to deliver aid after a massive 7.6 earthquake shook the country hours into the new year. the quake sparking fires and liquifying the ground, triggering mudsli...

Trailing smoke as it continues down the runway. the passengers soon racing to escape down the emergency slide right there. 379 passengers and crew on that japan airlines flight, getting off just before it was completely engulfed in flames. the five crew members on the coast guard cargo plane did not survive this. this crash, part of japans twin tragedies. that coast guard plane was actually full of supplies bound for the part of japan devastated by an earthquake on new years, just 24 hours earli...