Air traffic control had ordered a Japanese coastguard plane to hold short of the runway moments before its catastrophic collision with a Japan Airlines passenger jet, it has been claimed.JAL flight 516 had been given permission by an air traffic controller to enter the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport before it collided with the coastguard aircraft and burst into flames, Japanese broadcaster , citing a source. Five crewmembers died on board the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) plane, which had been set to take off to deliver aid to the city of Niigata following the deadly New Year's Day .
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