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Evacuation of burning plane completed 18 minutes after touching down, JAL says NHK

Japan Airlines officials are shedding light on the dramatic evacuation of a plane that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on Tuesday at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. They say all 379 passengers and crew had escaped 18 minutes after landing.

They say Flight 516 arrived from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, landing on runway C at around 5:47 p.m.

The officials say the aircraft collided with the Coast Guard plane immediately after landing, and caught fire.

The plane stopped after traveling about one kilometer, and the people on board escaped from three emergency exits.

The officials say the last person escaped at 6:05 p.m.
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Japan Airlines incident summary: Plane (Flight 516) collided with a Coast Guard aircraft upon landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. The collision caused a fire, but all 379 passengers and crew members successfully evacuated within 18 minutes via three emergency exits after traveling
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ID: d4d9a0d1-3379-46ce-bdfc-db1a844b7772

Category ID: nhk

URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240103_28/

Date: Jan. 3, 2024

Created: 2024/01/04 06:30

Updated: 2025/12/08 19:25

Last Read: 2024/01/04 22:14