Japan jet crash: Passengers describe chaos inside flight 516 (2024)
 Posted on : Jan 3, 2024, 12:16PM   37 total views  Category : World

Passengers flee burning plane

Passengers escape as the jet engine continues to spark

 

First came the shock, as the Airbus A350 carrying 379 people collided with a second plane while landing in Tokyo.

 

Then came heat and smoke as the jet sped along the runway in flames.

 

Then survival instinct kicked in, as people scrambled to flee a cabin filling with fumes, knowing that lives depended on the next few seconds.

 

That all on Japan Airlines flight 516 escaped is extraordinary. Experts say a flawless evacuation and new technology played a large part in their survival.

 

 

Those on board the second plane, a smaller coastguard aircraft due to deliver aid to quake victims, were not as fortunate. Five were killed and the pilot is seriously injured.

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-- Courtesy of BBC Sport

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