My colleagues at other media outlets have provided insightful content on a number of topics generated by the runway collision of this January 2 between Japan Airlines Flight 516 and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft. Opinion pieces and more factual “deep dives” have been published and posted on subjects including the survivability of the A350 airframe in the initial collision and follow-on fire – with most topics beyond the editorial purview of CAT. Of particular relevance in the aftermath of the Flight 516 accident, JAL has stated its intent to maintain its current rescue training strategy and programs as configured for aspiring cabin attendants.
Passengers on a Japan Airlines jet, which collided with a Coast Guard aircraft Tuesday on a Tokyo runway before bursting into flames, are describing their safe escape as a "miracle."
Through skill and luck one expert called it “a miraculous job” the flight crew of the Japan Airlines plane evacuated all 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely at Haneda airport near Tokyo.