Japan Airlines pilots in Tokyo plane crash had to be told of fire by cabin crew – report
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Report: JAL pilots learned of Haneda fire from cabin crewNHK reported that cabin crew needed cockpit permission to open the emergency exits.
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- After the Tuesday evening collision at Haneda, all 379 JAL passengers and crew escaped; five of six coast guard occupants died.
- JAL said evacuation began through two forward slides, while rear-left crew opened a fire-safe exit despite the failed intercom.
- The complete evacuation took 18 minutes; on January 2, the pilot was last to reach the tarmac at 6:05 pm.
- On Thursday, authorities from Japan, France, Britain and Canada investigated; the passenger jet’s recorders were still being sought.
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