runway 34 right. the smaller japan coast guard aircraft had permission to taxi but not to take off. the coast guard acknowledging that call from the tower in its last transmission before the crash, and tonight a flight operations document shows that the red stop lights meant to alert pilots not to taxi onto the runway where the crash occurred were not in service at the time. people inside the airbus a350 were calling the impact. you felt the impact was and position was coming from the front. reporter: all 379 passengers and crew safely evacuating the burning aircraft in less than 90 seconds. it s a tragedy for japan s coast guard. five of six crew members killed in the collision. the plane part of the effort to get supplies to japan s western coast, devastated by earthquakes on new year s day. government officials confirming at least 73 people have died. japan s prime minister
The massive Japan Airlines plane collision is the ‘first real test for a modern aircraft’ under distress and Airbus’s new lightweight carbon-fibre fuselege may have protected passengers from fire long enough for everyone to evacuate, experts tell Arpan Rai