90-second drills helped JAL crew lead passengers out of flaming jet

All escaped to safety in 18 minutes, even as five of eight exits were unusable

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Passengers flee the burning wreckage of JAL Flight 516 at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Jan. 2. © Kyodo

TOMOYO OGAWA and AYA TAKAHASHI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Ninety seconds. That is the amount of time Japan Airlines crew members are given in passenger evacuation training.

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