# japan airlines fire

Planes catch fire after a collision at Japan’s Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely » Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. Fox19.com

A jet’s carbon-composite fiber fuselage burned on a Tokyo runway. Is the material safe? » The fuselage of the jetliner involved in a collision on a Tokyo runway was made from carbon-composite fibers, and the incident is renewing concern about the challenges of putting out fires involvin… Dcnewsnow.com

5 dead after planes collide and catch fire on a Tokyo airport runway » All 379 people on a Japan Airlines jet got out safely, but five of six people aboard the Japanese coast guard plane it collided with died. Alaskapublic.org

5 dead, hundreds evacuated after Japan Airlines jet and coast guard plane collide at Tokyo's Haneda Airport » All 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight got out safely and the pilot of the coast guard plane also escaped, officials said. Cbsnews.com

85 Killed in Crash of Japanese Airliner Near Delhi (Published 1972) » Japan Air Lines: Japan Air Lines DC‐8, on Tokyo‐Hong Kong‐Bangkok flight with 89 aboard, crashes during landing approach to Palam Internatl Airport, New Delhi, on June 14, killing 85; witnesses describe crash Nytimes.com

Japan Airlines plane crash kills 5 coast guard crew, as 367 passengers escape » The Japan Airlines passenger plane collided with a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, killing five coast guard crew members. Washingtonpost.com

Investigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway crash » It showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff Apnews.com