gave to the coast guard plane. [ speaking in a global language ] . so that is the recording from the aur traffic control side. the japan airliner had the all clear to land on runway c and the coast guard plane told to stay in place and stay there until it s time for you to take off. of course, we know that the coast guard plane was actually right in the path of the japan airliner as it was landing when they hit there was a massive fireball and we know what happened yet at least five of the coast guard crew members were killed and everybody onboard the plane was able to evacuate with just seconds to spare. but the crucial question did the coast guard pilot not know where he was or did air traffic control not know the actual location of the plane when they
of the six people aboard the smaller coast guard aircraft were killed. now newly released audio reveals air traffic control cleared the plane to land and pilots on board confirmed landing logistics moments before impact. let s bring in cnn s will ripley who joins us from tokyo. that feels like a pretty big development there. what else are we learning? reporter: yes, this investigation, rahel, now focusing on those four crucial minutes from 5:43 p.m. local time to 5:47 local time when that japan airlines jet basically landed and struck the coast guard plane that was on the runway right in the path of this giant a-350-090 as it was landing on runway c at japan s haneda airport. the question is if the japan airliner was told it s okay to land the coast guard plane was told to hold point, in other words, stay in the place right before takeoff, just sit there and wait, where was the mix-up? did the coast guard plane actually go to the wrong spot or
tur tokyo. what more are you learning? reporter: we re going to play some audio for you in a moment from the cockpit, but the question is why was this smaller coast guard plane directly in the path of this much larger airbus 350, that was coming down and landing on runway c at haneda airport. the small plane pulled into the path of this large aircraft, they hit each other, and we saw the explosion, the crash killed at least five coast guard crew members. and even though around 400 people safely got off that plane, in a matter of seconds, still there are serious questions about what this small plane was doing, even though, as you are about to hear they actually before given an instruction by air traffic control to basically stay at the holding point, the point where
a few hours before it happened. i also flew in from a different airport. we know this airport very well. it was on runway c just before 6:00 local time, two hours ago this plane with 367 passengers, including eight children under the age of 2, and 12 crew members on board collided with this coast guard plane that had six people on board. now, five of the coast guard people on the coast guard plane are still unaccounted for. one person is known to have escaped. but in that airliner, they essentially had about 90 seconds before the plane became engulfed in flames. 90 seconds to get every passenger including the children off the aircraft and out on to the runway. people who were on the plane posting on social media saying that it was terrifying. they thought they were going to die. and yet the crew meticulously carried out the evacuation plan, a plan that you see every time you sit down and get on the