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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Gavin Blair in Tokyo and Daniel Boffey in London

‘Miracle’ escape for passengers after horrific runway crash at Tokyo airport

All crew and passengers onboard a Japan Airlines jet managed to make what has been described as a “miracle” escape after a horrific collision on a runway at Haneda airport in Tokyo that killed five crew members of a coastguard plane.

JAL flight 516, an Airbus A350-900, was engulfed in flames soon after landing as it struck the smaller coastguard aircraft, which was waiting to deliver aid to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula.

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