A Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after it was in collision with an earthquake relief aircraft.
The evacuation of 379 people on Japan Airlines flight 516 is no casual miracle, but the result of years of work to hone safety procedures and save lives, experts say.
While investigations into what happened in the incident, which saw the JAL plane erupt in a fireball, are ongoing, experts say the successful evacuation is down to a combination of modern safety standards and Japan Airlines’ own rigorous safety culture.