Japanese flag carrier Japan Airlines (JL) has issued the final report and statement on its flight JAL 516, operated by an Airbus A350, crash with a Japan Coast Guard plane.
Japan Airlines Crashes with Coast Guard
JAL also extended apologies for the distress and inconvenience experienced by its passengers, their families, and all those affected by the incident.
Fortunately, all 379 passengers and crew on the commercial JAL flight were successfully evacuated just moments before the jet succumbed to flames—a turn of events that many have hailed as a ‘miracle.’
Airbus expresses its deep regret to confirm that an A350-900, operated by Japan Airlines (JAL) on flight JL516 from Sapporo New Chitose Airport (CTS) to Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)
A collision on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) between a Coast Guard aircraft and a Japan Airlines (JL) Airbus A350 resulted in the death of five individuals aboard the Coast Guard plane