What about the coasties they hit?
5 Coasties died. They were in a takeoff position when JAL hit them. One of them was where they weren’t supposed to be. Either a pilot or a controller blew it bad.
Sounds so very FINAL DESTINATION.
The problem with multi-culturalism is that one or more of the cultures will make a sport out of GAMING the system. That’s why Sweden could get away with incredibly generous welfare/unemployment programs for so long...back when they were Swedish.
In other words, if you’re a Swede in Sweden and you ‘game the system’ to wring out benefits, your peers consider you a dick. However, if you’re a Tunisian Immigrant to Sweden you are EXPECTED to game the system and you’re considered a ‘sellout’ if you actually choose to work for a living.
Japan is essentially monolithic and so they’re like Sweden used to be (except with less social benefits), and as long as Japan stays monolithic, they’ll be fine...
It is really impressive that the entire plane was evacuated from two exits in less than 90 seconds. The flight crew followed a defined process and the passengers followed instructions. Training and Discipline. I have always marveled at the Japanese capacity to order their society. That is the fruit of this tree.
Not seeing a miracle here...good for the 379, of course, but 5 people did die.
Japan cheats death with 379 airline passengers and crew safe after fiery runway crash, not so much for the Coast Guard crew
Wow . Thankfully no casualties on the liner.
Japan is having a bang up start to 2024.