
Remarking on the survival of all passengers and crew aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane, which collided with a coast guard plane and caught fire, SMU Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship (Education) Terence Fan, an airline industry expert, said, "Passengers seemed to have followed instructions in a textbook manner. This is exactly what evacuation policies are designed for -- the airframe itself is not meant to survive the blaze, ultimately."