A transcript of communication between air traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo ’s Haneda Airport appears to show that only the larger Japan Airlines (JAL) flight was given permission to use the runway. Initially 12 Australians were thought to be among 379 passengers and crew on board the JAL A-350 Airbus at the time of the collision, but on Thursday federal minister Mark Butler said that number had been revised down to eight.
All passengers and crew on the burning airliner made it out alive, but five people on the smaller aircraft died
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Tokyo Air Traffic Control Transcript Collision Japan Airlines Runway Permission Haneda Airport Australians Passengers Crew Airbus Burning Airliner Smaller Aircraft
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