The Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 crashed into a De Havilland Dash-8 coast guard turboprop plane shortly after landing at Haneda airport in Tokyo, bursting in to flames. All 379 people aboard the A350 were evacuated from the burning aircraft, but five of the six coast guard crew were killed. HOW COMPOSITES WORKComposite airframes have several advantages over aluminum planes, said Bjorn Fehrm, a composites expert at trade publication Leeham News. That raises a question about whether firefighters need additional training for handling fires involving composite jets. "One point can be taken for sure, if the heat generated from burning kerosene is that intense, aluminum would also fail."
