guard plane were killed a pilot was the only survivor the coast guard crew was responding to an earthquake disaster when disaster struck on the runway. tom costello has late developments >> reporter: fire and terror on the runway in tokyo, as a fully loaded japan airlines passenger plane arriving on a domestic flight crashed into a smaller japanese coast guard plane. the massive fireball rolling down the runway >> airport is closed, airport is closed. >> reporter: inside the jal plane, terrified passengers saw flames outside their windows, smoke rolling through the cabin. swedish tourist anton deibe was on board with his family. >> i look to the left, and i see flames all over the windows, and the plane starts to shake. and all the lights turn dark, and everyone starts screaming in japanese. >> reporter: once stopped, passengers evacuated down two emergency chutes as airport firefighters attacked the flames, the plane's tail collapsed to the ground. exactly the kind of worst-case runway incursion the ntsb has warned about in the u.s. after so many close calls in 2023. the crash happened on

now, five of the coast guard people on the coast guard plane are still unaccounted for. one person is known to have escaped. but in that airliner, they essentially had about 90 seconds before the plane became engulfed in flames. 90 seconds to get every passenger including the children off the aircraft and out on to the runway. people who were on the plane posting on social media saying that it was terrifying. they thought they were going to die. and yet the crew meticulously carried out the evacuation plan, a plan that you see every time you sit down and get on the plane, especially in ja pap. they're very diligent to make sure you're paying attention to the video that plays. still a lot of serious questions, including what were these two airplanes doing on the same runway at the same time to have this violent, fiery collision, when you look at those pictures and look at how terrifying that looks and know that this coast guard plane was supposed to be taking off from a nearby coast guard base to go help with earthquake relief, that is a tragedy in and of itself. this nat

now we are told five out of six of the japan coast guard members who were the coast guard aircraft or unaccounted for. live now to our asia reporter suranjana tewari who's in tokyo for us. it's been about 90 minutes since these images started to come into us. what we saw was a japan airlines passenger plane. coming into land at the airport. as it was landing it seemed to collide with something and create a big explosion. and then continued down the runway and it was still on fire before coming to a stop. that fire is now spread significantly throughout the aircraft, the passenger aircraft. and it left behind the other explosion. the coast guard has confirmed there was a collision with one of its planes, a smaller plane. in the coast guard has confirmed to the bbc it is investigating the incident. the commission, the information about the commission coming from nhk, local media here in japan. coming from nhk, local media here in jaan. , ., ., coming from nhk, local media here in jaan. _, ., , japan. tell us about, for people “oininu us japan. tell us about, for people joining us now. _

guard plane on the runway, and that is important to note, and this coast guard plane was there, and the japan airlines collides with it, and streaks down the runway in flames, which is remarkable in and of itself, and ends up at the other senend of the runway this fireball and this is where all of the passengers manage to get out from, and that is a story in and of itself, and now with us, is mary schiavo and the fa faa expert, and was it even cleared to land. and what questions do ju you ha this morning? >> that is one of the questions i have, and what is going on in the tower. in the the united states, when this is on the radar screen, and as pete said, this is one of the safety statistic on the rise in a bad way. and we have had more near collisions than elsewhere, and so many that the united states senate had hearings, and bipartisan effort of what to do about this, and my questions is what is going on in the tower, and who were the controllers and did they have relief control ters and supervisors in the tower, and what is the rest schedule and the training and the same question

beyond it is what's left of that coast guard plane.can see investigators on the scene right now. about 1,000 yards down the tarmac are the remains of flight 516. all that's left are parts of the wings and the engines. meanwhile, the pilot of the smaller coast guard plane escaped but five crew members were killed. that coast guard plane was set to deliver relief aid to residents after a powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake rocked western japan on monday. at least 57 people confirmed dead. dozens of homes and large structures collapsing, burying civilians under the rubble. many believed to still be trapped. as japan is still reeling from the dual disasters, aviation experts here in the u.s. are sounding the alarm. >> these runway incursions have been happening way too frequently, particularly in the united states where we've had several instances where two airplanes came within mere feet of each other that would have led to terrible catastrophes. >> amidst the ash and rubble is the plane's tail -- >> reporter: the last major fatal commercia

five people on the coast guard plane did not survive. abc's matt gutman on what was revealed just today by investigators in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, japan's government releasing the potentially damning transcript of the communications, moments before the disaster, between air traffic controllers and the pilots of a japanese coast guard plane. moments before japan airlines flight 516 slammed into a japanese coast guard plane at 5:47 p.m. >> japan 516 continue approach 3-4 right. the logs show four minutes before the collision, air traffic control instructed the japan airlines jet to continue its approach. 5:45 p.m., air traffic control cleared the japan airways jet to land. ten seconds later, air traffic control instructing the coast guard plane to proceed to a holding point to a taxiway to the runway. but the japanese coast guard says they were given permission to enter the runway. another focus of the investigation, the runway warning lights, called stop bar lights, that tell pilots whether a runway is clear. but those lights hadn't

all 379 people on board escaping, but five on the coast coast guard aircraft killed on the way to help with earthquake relief. how did they end up on the same runway? >>> also tonight, the search for desperate survivors after that japan earthquake killed dozens. >>> the major announcement from harvard's president after her backlash to her testimony about antisemitism and plagiarism allegations. >>> the senior hamas leader killed in a blast not in gaza, but north of israel in beirut. the growing fears of a widening war. >>> just in, former president donald trump appealing maine's decision to ban him from the 2024 ballot over his conduct around january 6th. the standoff of the colorado supreme court after an armed man breaks in and opens fire. >>> new details in the deadly new year's crash into pedestrians in western u.n. new york. the suv packed with gas cans. >>> and the mystery in michigan. who is holding the powerball ticket worth $842 million. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >> hello and welcome. it is good to be back with you. officials in japan tonight a

the five crew members on the coast guard cargo plane did not survive this. this crash, part of japan's twin tragedies. that coast guard plane was actually full of supplies bound for the part of japan devastated by an earthquake on new year's, just 24 hours earlier. tonight here, the investigation, of course, how did this happen? abc's matt gutman leading us off on the scene in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, the urgent investigation into how this japan airlines flight, landing at one of the busiest airports in the world, collided with a japanese coast guard plane readying for take off. video showing the moment of impact. flight 516, loaded with 379 passengers and crew, engulfed in flames, blazing down the runway. the plane sliding to a stop on its nose and belly. inside, smoke fills the cabin. emergency slides deployed and dozens of firefighters dousing the wreckage with fire retardant. >> landing. >> reporter: landing. >> after, fire. >> reporter: and then, but they went on the slides? >> yes. the emergency exit? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: we spoke to yamake, w

a passenger jet cleats with a coast guard plane.ngers are able to evacuate seconds before the jet burst into flames. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. >>> later stabbed in the neck on camera. he survived and is conscious. what we are learning about the attacker. >>> the fbi joint terrorism task force investigating this deadly crash, you see it on video right here, outside a crowded music venue early on new year's day. officers say the flaming suv was full of gas cans. >>> we begin with breaking news out of tokyo a japanese airlines passenger jet colliding with the japan coast guard aircraft and

take a look at that after colliding with a coast guard aircraft on the runway. and miraculously hundreds escaped alive. >>> also ahead, new year, new legal challenges for the former president. the high stakes hearing one week from today as he tries to claim presidential immunity. >>> there is now just 13 days until iowa caucuses. we're live as republicans barnstorm the state ahead of the first in the nation contest. >>> hey, everybody. good morning to you. happy new year. it is 10:00 a.m. in the east. i'm yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. we bring with dramatic video out of japan, showing a passenger jet engulfed in flames after colliding with a coast guard plane on a runway in tokyo. around 380 people were on that passenger plane. the video astounding to see. incredibly all were able to escape, sadly five crew members on the coast guard aircraft were in fact killed. want to bring in meagan fitzgerald who is following this story for us from our london news room and nbc news aviation analyst captain john cox. what more have we learned about the collision and

you can see the apparent collision, and the coast guard plane is in a fireball. the japan airlines plane is on fire as well as it goes down the runway there. five crew members on the coast guard plane were killed. the captain is in critical condition. the crew were preparing to fly to western japan to help with the earthquake relief there. nearly 400 passengers and crew had 90 seconds to get off of that japan airlines flight. you can see the smoke inside of the plane. amazingly here, no one, no one on that aircraft was seriously injured. four people however were taken to the hospital after they said that they didn't feel well. cnn's will ripley has more now. >> reporter: the japanese prime minister is sending condolences to the families of the five coast guard crew members who lost their lives in this fiery runway collision right in the heart of tokyo. take a look at this. this is at haneda airport shortly before 6:00 p.m. local time, and fiery fireball erupted right at this but si airport when a crowded airlines jet with 367 passengers including eight children u

everyone on the passenger plane was safely evacuated, but only the pilot escaped from the coast guard, playing a live stream and succeed. i'd take care. so need a quote, this is the moment the passenger aircraft best into flames of to colliding with the coast guard, playing on the runway boat, 379 passengers and crew, a boat, the lodge, a place where the evacuated that those in the smaller craft but unfortunately, not so lucky, the coast guard flight was on its way to deliver release. so that was affected by the as quite the hit to the other side of the items on new year's day depends prime minister off of these words. so those who lost their lives to equal the show green go. these are people had carried out their jobs with a strong sense of duty and responsibility for the disaster stricken areas and victims enjoying this, this is a very unfortunate incident. and i would like to offer my sincere condolences while expressing my respect and gratitude for their sense of duty control will see unless they shortage the shot by someone inside the passenger play. and as it filled up with smok

you have apparently the surviving pilot, the coast guard pilot on the dash. and you have the air traffic controllers up there in the control tower. and each of them will have a story to tell. they will be interviewed separately. and on top of that, you have lots of recordings. recordings of the air traffic control communications and the cockpit voice record er on the airbus 350. i'm not sure if if that japanese coast guard was similarly equipped. we'll have to see about that. but the parties the involved, the people who made the decisions in this case are all present and with us still to sort of sort out what happened. where the confusion happened, as pete pointed out, it was weather but it was nighttime. it's the busiest airport in the pacific. a lot of adrenaline going with that coast guard crew trying to get needed relief supplies up to the region. so there are a the lot of subtle human factors here that need to be addressed. >> we appreciate the time and the insights today. thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> car crashes into another vehicle and plows into

thank you. >> thank you. >> people on board he a coast guard plane where on the way to the west coastjapan, aid for those affected of a powerful earthquake on new year's day. 55 people are now known to have died in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit the region. it was felt hundreds of miles away in tokyo. depends prime minister says it is a race against time to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble. our correspondent reports. >> this is a race for survival. rescue workers streamed through japan's isolated peninsula. the roads blocking their way. they are trying to reach the worst affected areas in the north, where people are trapped under the collapsed homes. many families were out at temple celebrating new year's day when japan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 12 years. he thought his shrine was going to collapse. the whole gate was swaying. the alleyway was swaying. the children had to squat on the floor to not fall over. >> as we traveled for the epicenter, we were alerted to another earthquake. the aftershocks keep coming. further in, old wooden homes have been brought

smaller coast guard aircraft. we're working to confirm details about that. we don't know their conditions. but it looks very bad for both planes frankly. and the fact that this japan airliner, airbus a-350, with such a dramatic fire just minutes after this incident successfully got all the passengers off. and they have been posting videos on social media from inside the plane where you can see the engine on fire, you can hear the people in the cabin realizing something had gone terribly wrong, reeling from the jolt of the impact and yet able to pick themselves up from that, get off the plane, get off safely and that is just truly extraordinary and certainly a piece of good news that japan badly needs especially after the earthquake that rattled the west coast of central japan just hours after ringing in the new year and death toll from that earthquake continuing to tick up. the fact that this story has a much different ending is something that people across japan can take comfort in during these difficult times fo

the five crew members on the coast guard cargo plane did not survive this. this crash, part of japan's twin tragedies. that coast guard plane was actually full of supplies bound for the part of japan devastated by an earthquake on new year's, just 24 hours earlier. tonight here, the investigation, of course, how did this happen? abc's matt gutman leading us off on the scene in tokyo. >> reporter: tonight, the urgent investigation into how this japan airlines flight, landing at one of the busiest airports in the world, collided with a japanese coast guard plane readying for takeoff. video showing the moment of impact. flight 516, loaded with 379 passengers and crew, engulfed in flames, blazing down the runway. the plane sliding to a stop on its nose and belly. inside, smoke fills the cabin. emergency slides deployed and dozens of firefighters dousing the wreckage with fire retardant. >> landing. >> reporter: landing. >> after fire. >> reporter: and then, but they went on the slides? >> yes. >> the emergency exit? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: we spoke to yamake,

japan's transportation minister said the coast guard captain was badly hurt. five other crew members killed. a very different outcome for the japan airlines jet with just seconds to spare, 12 crew members safely evacuated, all 367 passengers, including eight children under the age of two. only a handful had to go to the hospital. everyone walked away as flames fully engulfed the plane. for a nation obsessed with transportation safety, one burning question, how could the new year begin like this?>> and there is new cockpit audio revealing that the plane did have clearance to land, every thing was normal until all of a sudden they were right on top of this coast guard aircraft, both planes with that very violent explosion, it is truly extraordinary that there are about 400 people who are alive this morning as japan now investigates why those four, five crew members died. why both of the planes were on the same runway at the same time, a runway that is still closed at this hour.>> will ripley, thank you so much. we obtained this audio of the flight crew reading b

um, the coast guard element, this again has come some reports. we can see footage that is coming from the national board, costs that in japan, this is an h k that appears to show a 2nd replaying on the runway a bit further down. that's also on the floor and it appears to be a much smaller plane report. saw that this is a coast guard play and that they will some sort of collision. although it's also being suggested that that plane could feel the fire as a result of fuel coming from the passenger plane, going down on it and causing a fire that we are, of course, waiting for more information about that. but what is important to note? what now is of course firefighters other vehicles, a 63 pump trucks of actually trying to get this place under control. but the most important information to come up for the moment is that we understand from japan airlines, the full crew and passengers were effectuated. and really that if they manage to do that, but it is an incredible job considering those images and considering how wide spread that fire is. those flam

a passenger jet cleats with a coast guard plane. how those passengers are able to evacuate seconds before the jet burst into flames. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. >>> later stabbed in the neck on camera. he survived and is conscious. what we are learning about the attacker. >>> the fbi joint terrorism task force investigating this deadly crash, you see it on video right here, outside a crowded music venue early on new year's day. officers say the flaming suv was full of gas cans. >>> we begin with breaking news out of tokyo a japanese airlines passenger jet colliding with the japan coast guard aircraft and bursting into flames. the moment of impact as it landed at tokyo sinead a airport. you see it on security video. that large fireball, the jet barreling down the runway. officials say it collided with the coast guard plane headed to help with earthquake relief efforts. five have died. >> japan airlines says they were evacuated. 17 were reportedly injured. now, this was the chaotic scene inside the jet as smoke k

a passenger, airliner carrying hundreds of people struck a smaller coast guard playing while landing, leaving them to both catch fire. everyone on the passenger plane was safely evacuated, but only the pilot escaped from the coast guard playing a life. a dramatic scenes a take care is indeed accurate. this is the moment to passenger at cost best into flames of to colliding with the coast guard, playing on the runway. full 379 passengers and crew, a boat, the lodge, a place where the evacuated that those in this motorcraft, but unfortunately not so lucky the coast guard flight has on its way to deliver release. so that was affected by the as quite the hit to the other side of the items on new year's day depends prime minister off of these words. for those who lost their lives. equal to show green go. these are the people had carried out their jobs with a strong sense of duty and responsibility for the disaster stricken areas and victims. this, this is a very unfortunate incident and i would like to offer my sincere condolences while expressing my respect and gratitude for their sense o

the coast guard flight was on its way to deliver release. so that was affected by the as quite the hit to the other side of the item on new year's day. japan's prime minister off at these words, for those who lost their lives equal to show green. all these people had carried out their jobs with a strong sense of duty and responsibility for the disaster stricken areas and victims. enjoying this, this is a very unfortunate incident. and i would like to offer my sincere condolences while expressing my respect and gratitude for their sense of duty control will see again us this shortage shot by someone inside the passenger play. as it filled up with smoke, the experts say it's amount to the everyone on the line or managed to escape to safety. in any evacuation audio, you want all of the exits open, we want all of the sliced to deploying mobility. you want everyone to get down the slides rapidly. it appears to me that tool was not used to move out collection. so that's a, that's even more remarkable. at least $75.00 trucks are deployed to extingu

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or the coast guard says, gets plane was preparing to head to the west coast to deliver a to earthquake victims when the collision happened. old runaways. honda were closed after the crash and investigation is underway to find out how the 2 planes ended up on the same runway. vince and monahan how to 0. donald trump is appealing a decision in the us state of maine that disqualified him from the presidential primary election. the states top election official removed from from the republican party, but because of his role in the 2021 attack on capitol hill. they say he violated the constitution, find sites and interaction. former presidents noise rejected the accusation. trump is also just qualified in the state of colorado. well that's it for me down jordan, for now i'll be back in the top of the uh, with more coverage of the war in gaza. it goes of a loss because that is next stage. and thanks for watching bye. for now, the in the us a call was of interest to people around the world. this has been going on for a number of our report to an international perspective to try to explain to g

but japan's coast guard confirming two people on board a coast guard plane were killed and a captainl keep you posted on this breaking news throughout the morning: the fbi and police in rochester, new york, are investigating a deadly crash as a possible act of terrorism. police say two people were killed and five hurt when an suv hit a vehicle that was leaving the parking lot of an inteanment venue. officers say first responders found at least a dozen gas canisters is need and around the suv. according to investigators the driver of the suv in the hospital with life-threatening injuries from syracuse and rented the suv from the syracuse airport. more inflated prices to look forward to this new year. drugmakers are reportedly planning to raise prices at least 500 drugs sold in the u.s. this month. now, reuters reporting pfizer, santa fee and pharmaceuticals initiating the price hike. the rise in prices come as the pharmaceutical industry gears up for the biden administration to publish significantly discounted prices for 10 high cost drugs in september. well the powerball frenzy endin

there are many reasons why coast guard plane could be flying. of course, the airport took you international life, which is right by the sea. so i get to about 15 kilometer south of tote you itself . this is one of the busiest airport in the world, but it does seem to have seen some huge error playing into this weather. as you say, a part of the fact that they receive is quick. just do for day a go in another part of japan and those huge single of the warnings actually came as far as rush of the warning. so we're waiting to find out the information. we think it's from the reports that this was a coast guard playing, but we are waiting for confirmation. what's not clear is with it, those who are in not coast got play were also able to evacuate the cost. and we still waiting for confirmation of what happened to the individuals who were piloting that plan. whether there were any additional stuff or crew on that literally, as you're speaking, i'm just looking at a news line coming in as well as charlotte, the coast guard confirming there was a collis

that's a coast guard. what has been i to about time on planning, perhaps landing on the watson they coordination that they would have been on a normal airport, normal passenger planes at landing as well. we're gonna have to wait and see what something like that we well, i mean japan is dealing with a national emergency of course and natural dis austin in the us quick in the know dependents lexia. and we do understand that the small a at cost was involved in a shipping supplies out to the region. so it does appear that it was involved in this quite a relief fund. we don't know whether that time was taking off or long day, but we understand that had been taking supplies back and forth. but something really important to note here is in terms of the weather report that we know advisory for a heavy rain sun that it was some wind. so it's really unclear as to how this accident happened. but for the moment oversee, in terms of the passenger plane for chrome passengers will effectuated terms. the smaller plan, whi

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the coast guard plane was heading out to help earthquake survivors. it was on the runway as the japan airlines jet came in to land. it's not clear why the coast guard plane was on the runway, but japan airlines says its crew had permission to land. five members of the coast guard crew were killed. only the pilot survived. remarkably, all 379 people aboard the japan airlines jet survived. they evacuated within 90 seconds. you're looking now at the video from inside the plane during the fire and evacuation. you can see the flames outside the window and then all that smoke inside the cabin. you can see all the people starting to evacuate. let's bring in one of our aviation experts, doug rice, a retired airline pilot who spent more than 20 years flying for american airlines. doug, happy new year to you. nice to have you on the program again. this is really a best-case scenario in terms of what to do in an evacuation. what did the japan airlines crew do right? what did the passengers do right here? >> first of all, you notice the passengers didn't panic. n

the coast guard flight was on its way to deliver release. so that was affected by the as quite the hit to the other side of the items on new year's day. japan's prime minister off of these woods, for those who lost their lives equal to show green. all these people had carried out their jobs with a strong sense of duty and responsibility for the disaster stricken areas and victims. enjoying this, this is a very unfortunate incident and i would like to offer my sincere condolences while expressing my respect and gratitude for their sense of duty control. we'll see unless this shortage shot by someone inside the passenger play. as it filled up with smoke of the one passenger said he felt lucky to be alive. i can only say it was a miracle we could have guide if we'd evacuated any later. i want to know why this happened. also, i don't want to go on planes anymore. experts say it's or not to everyone on the line, a managed to escape to safety. in an evacuation audio, you want all of the exits open, we want all of the sliced to deploying mobility.

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the tail number of the coast guard plane, ja722a. the tower says, good evening, taxi to holding point c5, and the plane responds by taxiing to holding point c5, thank you. that clearly shows there was some sort of breakdown in communication. the big question investigators will ask is, why did the airplane and upon the runway? one big thing that we have learned from publicly available notices to pilots shows that these runway warning lights, they are called runway stoplights, runway edge stoplights, were out of service during the time of the incident, and at the taxiway intersection in question. it keeps pilots from moving to the taxiway onto the runway, red lights embedded in the pavement. we have learned that they were out of service for six days leading up to the accident, and on the incident day. boris, we were able to paint this much clearer picture about these breakdowns in communication that took lace, not only the visual alerts, but also the audible alerts that air traffic controllers were able to give the pilots in the instru

the captain of the coast guard plane also escaped, but the other five crew members did not. they were killed. that coast guard plane was helping with earthquake relief efforts after yesterday's 7.6 quake. along japan's west coast, rescue crews are working around the clock to find any survivors of that earthquake, which killed at least 57 people, blocked roads and landslides are making it very challenging to get food, water and other supplies into the affected areas. abc news reporter emma nguyen is on the story. >> the race is on to find any survivors trapped under rubble or stranded and waiting to be rescued following a powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit japan's west coast new year's day. since then, about 100 jolts in the region, leading to widespread devastation and a climbing death toll of at least 55. officials warn there may be more quakes ahead. homes and businesses collapsed, like here in ishikawa. this scar dangling over the edge of a damaged riverbank wall. this woman saying they had to rebuild her home after an earthquake in 2007. and she says she doesn't

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it collided with a coast guard plane. five members of the coast guard plane were killed. only the pilot survived. remarkably, 379 people along the japan airlines jet survived. >> it was apparently cleared for landing. what the coast guard plane was doing, and why it was on the runway, that is the big question right now. did they make a mistake with the controller? did the pilot of the aircraft make a mistake? at some point, that has to be found to make sure that what was happening, happened. >> all 379 people, the crew, and everyone on board, got out of that jet in about 90 seconds. they canceled and rescheduled about 100 flights. this impacted more than 20,000 passengers. >> seeing the fire on the plane, it may be hard to imagine how all of the passengers survived. a lot of the credit goes to the quick actions of the flight attendants. we are seeing that people should leave their belongings, get to the edges, and the passengers listen to them. experts say that they are seizing with the evacuations rated so many people had all of that recovered. >> a dual 350, which is ab

engulfed in flames. 5 crew members of the coast guard plain did not make it. tonight. we asked just how it was possible for people to get off the air bus largely unharmed. and we look at what this crash can teach us about commercial aviation. and the role passengers can play in their own survival in an emergency medical, fairly chamberlain. and this is the day the 23rd of the semester. and while they are as far as possible, the rub. right. why is 2nd act uh should be able to say roughly the far far fuselage pad. so everything right. the georgia, 379 people, including 367 passengers and 12 crew members was safely evacuated. the target finally to start to 2nd part that they, caesar chief, that also coming up for russia, continues its new year campaign of targeting civilians and ukraine to the i was outside the other side of the house and it was flying like this red building. and then and have hit and smoke started coming out around and saw that there were no windows. welcome to the show. it's good to have you with us. the year is only 2 days old and japan has already had

five crew members on board the coast guard plane killed, one injured.t, the passenger plane careens down the runway and engulfed in flames and it stops and flames spread further. incredibly all the passengers and crew aboard the japan airlines plane, including 8 children under 2 years old, were able to evacuate safely just over a threatenning injuries. >> this was an extraordinary performance by the flight crew. this accident will go down as a benchmark and will be studied extensively goingcess of getting the folks off the plane. >> reporter: japan says the crew was cleared to land before the collision. japanese authorities say they had 90 seconds to get everyone off the plane and some of the exits were not operational and everyone had to get out near the front. >> translator: we could smell smoke. the passengers were not panicking a lot. >> reporter: experts say the passengers deserve praise, that if a lot of them had stopped on the way out to grab luggage or other item, people would have died. >> we have had very similar situations here including plan

the pilot of the coast guard plane did survive. and we have more new video showing some of the nearly 400 japan air passengers sliding down to safety. everyone onboard, miraculously, got out safely. >>> and we have a live look right now. it's been just a few hours since the crash. this is a live look. this is one of japan's busiest airports. japan's transportation minister says the coast guard aircraft was set to deliver aid to victims of yesterday's magnitude 7.6 earthquake. following the earthquakes, 48 people have died. the quakes, as you likely know, struck on new year's day, the strongest reaching a magnitude of 7.6. it sparked a major tsunami warning, which was downgraded soon after. there is damage to tens of thousands of buildings, many people are still without power and cell phone service is down as well. >>> 6:04. back here at home, right now b.a.r.t. is working to repair tracks after that derailment happened in the east bay. "today in the bay"'s bob redell is live at orinda b.a.r.t. bob, service has resumed, i think you

the coast guard says it's plane was preparing to head to the west coast to deliver a to earthquake victims when the collision happens all runaways. honda were closed after the crash and investigation is underway to find out how the 2 planes ended up on the same runway. vince and monahan how to 0. so the coast guard plain was on its way to western japan, which was struck by popular quake on monday. according to the local government, at least 62 people were killed. the magnitude $7.00 quake happened off the coast of the chicago of prefecture, causing widespread damage. well, then a 1000 members of japan's military housing rescue team search for survivors. a synonymy warning has now been lifted. from since coast, it's embassy initially as capital. it says regular protests of emission and restrictions placed on its employees made it difficult to continue operating. jasmine it showed as old of the french ambassador to leave last 2 of us. they also have scrap ministry agreements with paris to fight on groups in the nor donald trump is appealing a decision in the us state of name that disqualifie

guard plane on tuesday killing five crew members on the coast guard flight. also, newly released audio reveals that air traffic control cleared the commercial flight to land just before the two planes collided. joining us is cnn's will ripley live from tokyo. what have we learned from that audio from air traffic control? >> reporter: we know interest the transport ministry, they released the transcript from 54 # p.m. legal time to 5:47 p.m. the coast guard turboprop aircraft was taxiing getting ready to take off at the same time the japan airliner was making the final descent into haneda. listen to the instructions that were given. first you hear from the commercial flight traffic control and then the instruction it is that air traffic control gave to the coast guard plane. [ speaking in a global language ] . >> so that is the recording from the aur traffic control side. the japan airliner had the all clear to land on runway c and the coast guard plane told to stay in place and stay there until it's time for you to take off. of course, we know that the coast

but several of the smaller coast guard plane were killed. joe attacked good news for panel lines informed, the civil aviation bureau, the 379 people including 367 passengers and 12 crew members had been safely evacuated regarding the coast guard plain. the captain was evacuated, ties 5 of the crew members look himself down to my store within an hour of the passenger jet, catching fire. there was nothing left but wreckage, but extraordinarily, we all witnessing the fast. so low. i've been able, say, 350. this is one of the newest models of commercial airline jets in the world. the civic at cost that would flying today is just 2 years old. the coast guard says it's plane was preparing to head to the west coast to deliver a to earthquake victims when the collision happened all runaways. honda were closed after the crash and investigation is underway to find out how the 2 planes ended up on the same runway. vince and monahan, how to 0, or was it had the coast guard claim was on his way to western japan, which was struck by a powerful as quick on

the coast guard plain fight to us and now did die. and we also have the captain, who is reportedly also in a critical condition. it was you heard that the coast guard plain was on the way to west in japan, which was struck by a powerful quake on monday. at least 48 people have been killed. the magnitude 7.6 quite happened off the coast of issue call a free sites. yeah. causing widespread damage. more than 1000 members of japan's military all helping rescue team search for survivors. a tsunami warning has now been lifted past the g. thank you. i. yeah, i have received reports that very large scale damage has been confirmed, including numerous casualties. building collapses and fired. include step is i, my hus safety as for the power outages was outages and communication disruptions. currently occurring. workers have been on site and are in the process of restoring them. and unit kim has more from kind of iowa in japan. this is a residential enclave and i'm going to just stepped out of frame for our camera man to show you the aftermath

a spokesperson confirming that five of the coast guard members on board their aircraft are now dead.> steve: those are live pictures right there. look at this. this video capturing the exact moment the commercial plane erupted in flames as it apparently clipped the coast guard's plane. then, next thing you know they are on the runway shortly after that. thankfully, they were on the run way and all 367 passengers on board that flight were safely evacuated. one local news outlet reports that the coast guard plane was on a mission to deliver aid to victims of that massive earthquake that rocked japan on new year's day. and so, the coast guard plane was taken off just as this commercial jetliner with close to 400 people was landing. sounds like they clipped each other mid-air. and then it just blew up. >> ainsley: almost 400 people were on board that large commercial airplane and all of them were able to get out safely which is remarkable when you see the images. so sorry for coast guard members who lost their lives and their families. >> steve: this was just about an hour ago. look at t

japan's public broadcaster reported the coast guard captain is now in critical condition. >> perhaps the most remarkable part of the story is that there were no fatalities, only injuries reported on the airliner. we are learning all 379 passengers and crew escaped with just 90 seconds to get off the massive airbus. eight babies were among those evacuated. it really is an unbelievable escape. video shows smoke entering the cabin. one passenger told cnn they did not actually feel a shock or anything as he was not scared. he said, quote, we could smell a smoke but passengers were not panicking a lot. you can hear the fear in their voices despite the quote. let's get to richard quest. he is an aviation expert. richard, it's astounding. 369 passengers, 12 crew, a huge flight, and they all made it out. >> yes, that is because this is what is supposed to happen in what is known as a survivable accident. you obviously have those cases where the plane hits a mountain and no one is going to live, but you have these cases. you have the plane and landing on the runway, hitting the coast guard ai

the coast guard is also involved right now. and numerous agencies and police agencies that that are out there. we're talking about dozens of different emergency personnel that are out there on scene. but i do want to show you some of the video that came from earlier this evening. in this video, you can see what appears to be a helicopter hovering above the pacific ocean with the spotlight out. crews just told us that a rescue swimmer was involved there. two officials, including the sheriff's office and the coast guard, have not said what kind of aircraft this was. they aren't saying how many people, if any, were on board and they have not said if anyone was recovered. we talked with a witness who is from maine and was eating dinner when this happened. plus this to give you an update of how challenging this search is tonight. having dinner out on the patio and we heard this like motor engine like puttering like you hear in the movies when a plane's about to crash and you hear the sputtering of the engine figure something was wro

the coast guard says it's plane was preparing to head to the west coast to deliver a to earthquake victims when the collision happened all runaways. honda were closed after the crash and investigation is underway to find out how the 2 planes ended up on the same runway. vince and monahan, how to 0 was fencing, was just saying the coast guard thing was on his way to western japan, which was struck by a powerful as quake on monday. the local government says at least 62 people were killed. the magnitude 7.6 great happened off the coast of issues. caldwell prefecture causing widespread damage. emergency teams is searching for survivors more than a 1000 members of the military health.

the coast guard says it's plane was preparing to head to the west coast to deliver a to earthquake victims when the collision happens all runaways. honda were closed after the crash and investigation is underway to find out how the 2 planes ended up on the same runway. vince and monahan how to 0, chris gilbert has the latest now from the japanese capital. reports trickling out about what has happened. we don't go, we do not have any official uh, confirmation of what the circumstances that lead to this crash. well, but a local media report saying that the coast guard playing, carrying the 6 personnel on board, which was on its way to deliver a to the earthquake effect of the region of japan into the runaway area at about the same time that the depend airlines plane was landing, this is yet to be confirmed by uh the coast guard. um, but these, this is what, uh, tbs they put on tv and, uh, the local media report saying, uh, the pen airlines plane clipped uh, the coast guard, the plain uh, sitting uh the rear of the plain uh on the fun. we'll see in those room a remarkable images uh from insid

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