Five dead after Japan Airlines jet collides with coast guard plane at Haneda Airport
BY KATHLEEN BENOZA, KAZUAKI NAGATA AND JOEL TANSEY
STAFF WRITERS
A Japan Airlines jet burst into flames on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after a runway collision with a Japan Coast Guard plane.
The Airbus A350’s 367 passengers and 12 crew members were all able to evacuate safely via an emergency slide. According to NHK, at least 17 people sustained injuries.
Five of the six people on the coast guard plane died, with the captain surviving but sustaining severe injuries.
The JAL plane was landing on Haneda’s runway C from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido when the collision occurred.
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Somali authorities said Somaliland remained a part of Somalia under the constitution. Therefore, “Somalia finds this step to be a clear violation against its sovereignty and unity,” the government said in a statement.
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The disclosures may throw new light on the sex trafficking network directed by Epstein, who died in 2019, and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The disgraced millionaire mixed with high-profile figures from the worlds of politics, business and royalty.
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