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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, that's where flight 516 came to rest. all that's left now are the wings and part office the engines. inside the airliner, the cabin filling with smoke. five of the plane's eight emergency exits unusable. but the crew funneled nearly 400 people through the three remaining exits. tonight, we interviewed another captain -- >> communi...

This is what they'll 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 mudslides. the death toll there rising. at least 55 people have died, as rescuers race to find trapped re...

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 japan's twin tragedies. that coast guard plane was actually full of supplies bound for the part of japan devastated by an earthquake on new year's, just 24 hours earlier. tonight here, the investigation, of course, how did this happen? abc's matt gutman leading us ...