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Japanese authorities said on Wednesday a passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been given permission to land, but the smaller plane had not been cleared for take-off, based on control tower transcripts.
Tuesday's runway collision in Japan marks the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes...
From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for. Reconstructing the scene based on crew accounts, officials at Japan's second-biggest airline on Wednesday said crew followed emergency procedures in textbook fashion, starting with the first rule: panic control. As soon as the Airbus A350 wide-body jet came to a stop, cabin attendants called out to
TOKYO (Reuters) - From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for.
From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 minutes to get all 367 travellers off the plane and safely accounted for. Reconstructing the scene based on crew accounts, officials at Japan's second-biggest airline on Wednesday said crew followed emergency procedures in textbook fashion, starting with the first rule: panic control. As soon as the Airbus A350 wide-body jet came to a stop, cabin attendants called out to passengers to remain calm as bright-orange flames engulfed large areas of the plane and smoke...