’I felt my life was over’: passenger in Japan Airlines crash recounts experience

All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft. ’Honestly, I felt my life was over. But when I was able to get out of the plane, I felt relieved,’ said Aruto Iwama who was on the burning plane after coming back from visiting his family in Hokkaido, Japan. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► Sign up to the Guardian’s free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► Website ► Facebook ► Twitter ► Instagram ► The Guardian on YouTube: The Gu