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It's usually a combination of several simultaneous issues that results in an air disaster.
  • An aviation safety theory may explain a plane crash in Japan this week. 
  • The "Swiss cheese" theory argues that crashes are often caused by a series of small errors. 
  • A Japan Airlines plane crashed into a smaller plane while landing at Tokyo Haneda airport Tuesday. 

A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 erupted into a fireball this week after colliding with a Japanese coast guard aircraft on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.