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    January 4, 2024

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    January 4, 2024

  • Well-Trained Crew Led ‘Miracle’ Evacuation of Burning Plane; Passengers Did Their Part by Following Instructions

    It has been called a “miracle” that all 379 people aboard Japan Airlines Flight 516 successfully esc...

    January 4, 2024

  • British Govt to Dispatch Inspection Team to Haneda Airport on Plane Crash; Rolls-Royce Engines Used in Destroyed Airbus Aircraft

    LONDON - The British government's Air Accidents Investigation Branch announced Wednesday it has disp...

    January 4, 2024

  • A Passenger of Destroyed JAL Aircraft: JAL Says It Will Pay ¥100,000 for Consolation Money, Another ¥100,000 for Lost Baggage

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    January 3, 2024

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    January 3, 2024

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    PARIS — The French agency for investigating aviation accidents said Tuesday it will dispatch a team ...

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