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Published Wed, Jan 3, 2024 · 06:29 AM
    • A Japan Airlines airliner burst into flames on Tuesday as it skidded down the tarmac following a collision with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft.
    • A Japan Airlines airliner burst into flames on Tuesday as it skidded down the tarmac following a collision with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft. PHOTO: AFP

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    A TEAM of forensic experts from planemaker Airbus and French state agency BAE will arrive in Japan on Wednesday to help authorities investigate the deadly accident involving a A350 plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, they said on Tuesday.

    “4 @BEA_Aero investigators will be on site tomorrow joined by 5 @Airbus technical advisors,” the BEA agency said in a post on social media platform X.

    The aircraft involved was MSN 538, delivered to Japan Airlines after production in November 2021 and was powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, Airbus said in a separate statement.

    The Japan Airlines airliner burst into flames on Tuesday as it skidded down the tarmac following a collision with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft.

    All 367 passengers and 12 crew were evacuated from the blaze which destroyed the airliner. REUTERS

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