More than two weeks after JAL Flight 516 from New Chitose airport struck a Japan Coast Guard plane on Haneda airport Runway C and burst into flames, people are still talking about the "miracle" that enabled 379 passengers and crew members to evacuate without a single fatality. These repercussions were…
TOKYO — As smoke filled the cabin of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after its fiery landing in Tokyo on Tuesday, the sound of a child’s voice rose above the din of confusion onboard. “Please, let us off quickly!” the child pleaded, using a polite form of Japanese despite the fear washing over the passengers as flight attendants began shouting instructions. In the minutes that followed, even as the flames that would eventually engulf the JAL plane flickered outside the windows, order held. The attenda
Passengers on flights scheduled to land late at night at Fukuoka Airport have been taken aback as a strict curfew forced them to return to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, their point of departure.