JAL to file for court protection

JAL to file for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. planes park at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 19, 2010. The company is expected to file for bankruptcy protection later in the day, in what may be the biggest nonfinancial corporate failure in the country's postwar history, as the once-proud flagship carrier embarks on a government-led rehabilitation process.

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