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Suspicion of Human Error Grows in Haneda Airport Collision; Records Indicate Coast Guard Plane Not Told to Enter Runway
Human error is increasingly suspected to have caused Tuesday’s collision between a Japan Airlines je...
January 4, 2024
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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
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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
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A Passenger of Destroyed JAL Aircraft: JAL Says It Will Pay ¥100,000 for Consolation Money, Another ¥100,000 for Lost Baggage
Following the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway ...
January 4, 2024
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Fire Breaks Out in Restaurant-Packed District of Kitakyushu; Buildings Damaged, No Injuries Reported (UPDATE 1)
KITAKYUSHU — A number of restaurants suffered damage after a fire broke out in a dining and shopping...
January 3, 2024
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Japan Coast Guard Mourns Crew Members Who Died in Runway Collision; JAL Says Its Plane Was Given Landing Permission
A Japan Coast Guard official on Tuesday expressed his deep sadness at the loss of five crew members ...
January 3, 2024
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‘Tremendous Flames Spread,’ ‘Relieved to Be Alive,’ JAL Passengers Recount Runway Collision
Flames engulfed a Japan Airlines plane landing at Haneda Airport with 379 people on board Tuesday ni...
January 3, 2024
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French Experts to Join Probe of Haneda Airport Collision
PARIS — The French agency for investigating aviation accidents said Tuesday it will dispatch a team ...
January 3, 2024
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Recording Shows Japan Coast Guard Aircraft Not Given OK to Enter Runway Prior to Collision at Haneda Airport (Update 2)
A Japan Coast Guard aircraft was not given permission by a Haneda Airport air traffic controller to ...
January 3, 2024
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Govt, Police Begin On-Site Investigation Wednesday on JAL Plane Fire (UPDATE 1)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department intends to conduct an on-site investigation on suspicion of...
January 3, 2024
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MPD to Set Up Investigation Headquarters on JAL Plane Fire
The Metropolitan Police Department will set up an investigation headquarters at the Tokyo Airport Po...
January 3, 2024
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Passengers Speak of JAL Plane Fire at Haneda
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Passenger of a Japan Airlines flight that caught fire after colliding with anothe...
January 3, 2024
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JAL, ANA Flights to and from Haneda Canceled 100 Flights Wednesday
Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. will cancel a total of about 100 flights to and from H...
January 3, 2024
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Five Crew Members of Japan Coast Guard Plane Confirmed Dead; One Injured
Five crew members of a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines plane at Haned...
January 2, 2024
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Japan Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Haneda Airport; Collided with Japan Coast Guard Plane on Runway (UPDATE 2)
A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway at Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening, and firefight...
January 2, 2024
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