Japan Airlines counts losses from wrecked Tokyo plane

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All 379 people on board the JAL Airbus A350 jet escaped before the plane was engulfed in flames. From the moment of collision, it took 18 minutes to get everyone off the plane and accounted for. But five of the six crew of the smaller Coast Guard plane were killed.
JAL estimated the disaster would result in an operating loss of about 15 billion yen ($105 million). The airline was discussing compensation individually with passengers, two of whom had pets that died in the incident. U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million "all-risks" policy for the two-year-old plane that was destroyed by the fire. Shares of JAL fell as much as 2.4% as trading resumed after the New Year's holidays, before closing up 0.8%.

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My best TLDR:
All 379 people on board the JAL Airbus A350 jet escaped before the plane was engulfed in flames. From the moment of collision, it took 18 minutes to get everyone off the plane and accounted for. But five of the six crew of the smaller Coast Guard plane were killed.
JAL estimated the disaster would result in an operating loss of about 15 billion yen ($105 million). The airline was discussing compensation individually with passengers, two of whom had pets that died in the incident. U.S. insurer AIG was the lead insurer on a $130 million "all-risks" policy for the two-year-old plane that was destroyed by the fire. Shares of JAL fell as much as 2.4% as trading resumed after the New Year's holidays, before closing up 0.8%.