‘Miracle’ escape for passengers after horrific runway crash at Tokyo airport

All crew and passengers onboard a Japan Airlines jet managed to make what has been described as a “miracle” escape after a horrific collision on a runway at Haneda airport in Tokyo that killed five crew members of a coastguard plane. JAL flight 516, an Airbus A350-900, was engulfed in flames soon after landing as it struck the smaller coastguard aircraft, which was waiting to deliver aid to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula. Once the captain of the commercial jet managed to bring the burning aircraft to a stop, its 379 passengers, including eight children, plus 12 crew fled the plane’s smoke-filled cabin by sliding down inflatable slides at its front.
The jet was soon entirely overcome by fire, with flames seen licking out of the cabin’s windows. The Tokyo fire department said 14 of those evacuated from the passenger plane suffered minor injuries including burns to the throat. Four were taken to hospital.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/02/japan-airlines-plane-fire-tokyo-haneda-airport

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