JAL fire
This photo provided by Jiji Press shows people on an observation deck looking at a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024.
  • New details are emerging about how 379 people safely evacuated a burning Japan Airlines plane.
  • A key factor was that passengers listened to instructions and left their luggage behind. 
  • The plane collided with a coast guard aircraft while landing in Tokyo's Haneda Airport. 

Nearly 400 people were able to evacuate a Japan Airlines plane that caught fire while landing in Tokyo partly because they listened to instructions to leave their luggage behind.