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A Japan Airlines plane was in flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday evening. Footage on broadcaster NHK showed flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft and beneath it. The runway was also set alight.

The direction of the coast guard aircraft flown by the japanese. but, theres still more of this tale to be unfolding here, that is the relative confusion that can exist between the person on the frequency talking to the landing aircraft, the tower frequency, and the ground frequency which is another frequency and another person. if there was some sort of disconnect between those two individuals, that could be a factor. there are reports that the coast guard aircraft was told to hold short of tha...

Control and then goes to ground control and ground control is telling them how to navigate an get to the runway and get ready for takeoff. all of that you read seems fairly normal. >> yeah, yeah. >> then, we get to the point where they are cleared for takeoff and they begin communicating to whom. >> once you get in the air, you are on tower frequency during the takeoff and then sent to departure control. thats very normal. >> all of that all the way through. we come to the final transmission, it...

You take the stoplight away and its a free for all. >> reporter: the faa says any changes would not impact safety. even if the tower closes, commercial recreational and military flights would still take off and land. pilots would be controlled by a center 60 miles away. for this flight instructor, that poses a problem. >> we have to revamp our services to get our students to a location where we can be talking on tower frequency. >> reporter: some republicans say concerns about the impact of forc...