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Japan Airlines Flight Was Cleared to Land Before Fiery Tokyo Collision
- All 379 on Japan Airlines flight evacuated safely from wreck
- Five coast guard crew killed, some flights resume at Haneda
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As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan.
At 5:43 p.m. local time, control-tower staff told pilots of the Airbus SE A350-900 jet to continue their approach into Haneda. A minute-and-a-half later, the flight was given clearance to land, according to audio posted on LiveATC.net, which tracks airport communications.