survived, evacuated on emergency chutes. when you look at the print wreckage, safety after could ve been far worse. they re praising the actions of the crew and passengers for getting out quickly. cnn s richard quest joins us tonight. so, the timeline of the accident, more informations been released. oh yes. we don t know a lot more. four incidents, the actual accident itself, we now know that the coast guard plane had been cleared to stop and hold. it had not been cleared for takeoff. but for whatever reason, it went on to the runway and it sat on the runway for 40 seconds before being struck by the arriving a350. so we don t know why. was this because they didn t have the runway stop plates? but anderson, that was known about. that wasn t a surprise. that s not a shock. that within the notice to airmen that goes out from the airport. they knew those runway lights were not operational. and why did they wait for 40 seconds on an active runway at that time? we ve also learned the pl
[ bleep ]. probation was denied on charges of attempted battery. the court says the judge in one of the marshals who came to her defense were injured. the 30-year-old defendant is now facing three additional counts of battery on a protected person. extraordinary. it really is staggering how he thought that would end up in a better situation. just ahead, runway lights reportedly out of service for two days before two planes collided in tokyo. the latest on the investigation next.
this is a peak travel season for domestic travelers here in japan. and you would assume that a coastal guard airplane taking relief supplies to emergency area would not have been a scheduled flight, but beyond that, we don t know. this is an ongoing investigation. we do know that 70 fire trucks, it took 70 of them to control the flames, which is now died down about six hours later. and you see the skeletal charred remains of this airbus, a harrowing sign, tragedy after tragedy, this new year s holiday here in japan, alex. absolutely. cannot believe that all of those passengers, given the fireball that was that airbus, were able to evacuate safely. i have to say too, the vantage point we re looking at, you couldn t see that coast guard plane. you have to wonder if the runway lights were on. it is a small plane. it is hard for us to see if it was able to be viewed by the pilots. anyway. it is an extraordinary tale.