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Japan Airlines passengers and crew praised for ‘textbook’ evacuation of burning plane

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Passengers on board the Japanese Airlines (JAL) flight which caught fire on landing in Tokyo on Tuesday have recalled the scenes of chaos that unfolded, as well as the successful evacuation that saved the lives of all 379 people on board.

While the airline crew has been widely praised for the “textbook” evacuation of passengers, those on board flight JAL-516 compared the situation inside the aircraft to "hell".

The Japan Airlines-operated Airbus-A350 and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft collided on the at 's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening and both burst into flames, killing five out of

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