After the miraculous escape of the 379 passengers in the collision involving a Japan Airlines aircraft and a Coast Guard plane, a probe has been launched by the authorities to recover the communication between the two planes and Air Traffic Control (ATC).
The Japan Airlines aircraft collided with another plane and burst into flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday. The airport had been shut down for hours after the incidents. However, transport ministry said that the runways were partially reopened for services.
According to the airline, all 379 people on the JAL flight 516, including eight children under the age of two, were safely evacuated from the burning passenger plane. The passengers and the crew aboard escaped the burning aircraft using emergency slides, Kyodo news agency quoted the transport ministry as saying.
However, five people on the second aircraft, flight MA-722, a Bombardier DHC8-300, operated by the Japan Coast Guard, were killed in the incident.
The captain of the Japan Coast Guard plane escaped but was severely injured. The JAL plane was arriving from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.
Prof Graham Braithwaite, director of transport systems at Cranfield University in the UK, praised efforts made by the cabin crew and pilots onboard the Japanese Airlines flight. "Japan has a phenomenal record when it comes to transport safety," Braithwaite told the BBC.
"The evacuation has been successful and it is a reminder of how much has gone into training cabin crew...Their focus is on safety. They are the last people to evacuate the airplane and on face value, it looks like they have done an incredible job," he said.
Meanwhile, officials from Japan's transport ministry and coast guard said they were still in the process of confirming specific flight control communications between the JAL plane, the coast guard aircraft and air traffic controllers.
The world's air traffic control systems are designed to prevent accidents as long as air traffic controllers at airports issue correct instructions and pilots follow them.
According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, 14 people from the passenger plane suffered minor injuries.
Meanwhile, Airbus said it will send a team of experts to assist French and Japanese authorities as they investigate the deadly accident.
