You may have seen the video yesterday. A Japan Airlines flight collided with a Japanese Coast Guard airplane at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. Within minutes the airliner was completely engulfed in flames.
🚨 How did all 379 passengers on board this #JapanAirlines flight JA516 survive this?!!
Massive respect to the cabin crew and rescue personnel at Tokyo-Haneda airport.
Humanity shines in times of need.pic.twitter.com/7DFddezq6q
— Suraj Balakrishnan (@SurajBala) January 2, 2024
When I saw the video I assumed we were going to be hearing about a massive death toll, but thankfully that wasn’t the case. Multiple people in the smaller Coast Guard plane were killed but everyone onboard the Japan Airlines plane made it off safely, nearly 400 people. Outside observers are putting that down to the excellent training by JAL.
…while, tragically, five of six crew on the…
