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Tokyo Airport Tragedy: Coast Guard Aircraft And Japan Airlines Jet Collide, Five Dead, Airbus A-350 Ablaze

The pilot managed to escape.

Five people on board a coast guard aircraft - which collided with a Japan Airlines passenger jet in Tokyo - have been found dead.

The pilot managed to escape.

The Airbus A-350 burst into flames at Haneda Airport following the collision.

Dai Whittingham from the UK Flight Safety Committee says investigators will be looking at how 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, saying it's a "remarkable outcome":

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