Japan Airlines Passenger Jet Collides with Smaller Plane on Tokyo Runway
• A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 with 379 people aboard collided with a Japan Coast Guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, causing the A350 to catch fire after skidding down the runway. All A350 passengers evacuated safely with 14 minor injuries.
• The crash may have been avoided if the Coast Guard plane had an ADS-B transponder, which automatically broadcasts aircraft location/altitude data. This could have helped the A350 pilots see the smaller Coast Guard plane in the dark.
• After the collision, the A350 caught fire and passengers had to evacuate using slides as some doors wouldn't open. Over 100 fire trucks took 6 hours to extinguish the blaze.
• The Coast Guard plane was heading to provide earthquake relief supplies when the crash occurred. The A350 was arriving from Sapporo, Japan.
• Further crash details and visuals are available from USA Today's reporting and graphics illustrating the size difference between the planes.