"Miraculous Escape and Financial Toll in Japan Airlines Runway Disaster"

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A Japanese coast guard aircraft was involved in a fatal collision with a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport after the coast guard plane was instructed to taxi to a holding point but not cleared for takeoff. The crash resulted in the death of five coast guard crew members, while all 379 passengers on the JAL plane were safely evacuated. An investigation is underway, focusing on air traffic control communications and the potential role of out-of-service runway warning lights.
Topics:world##airtrafficcontrol#aviationsafety#hanedaairport#japanaircrash#runwaycollision#world-news
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- Order and Calm Eased Evacuation from Burning Japan Airlines Jet The New York Times
- Japan Airlines estimates loss of about $104.8 million from collision Yahoo Finance
- Passengers' safe escape from fiery Japan Airlines crash described as 'miracle' UPI News
- How 367 Passengers Escaped the Japan Airlines Crash With Minutes to Flee - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
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