paid off allowing for evacuation within 90 seconds.

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“It’s too soon to comment on the specifics of the incident, but what’s clear is that the crew performed in an exemplary fashion,” he says.

“The safety training that airlines - in this case JAL - put the crews through on a continuous basis paid off allowing for evacuation within 90 seconds.

Source: Source: How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo plane crash by Julia Buckley

I don't understand the structure of underlined part. Is "by" omitted before allowing?
 

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No, the pay-off is allowing for evacuation within 90 seconds. You can add "in", not "by".
 

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Source: Source: How safety rules ‘written in blood’ saved lives in Tokyo plane crash by Julia Buckley
Where was that published?
I don't understand the structure of underlined part. Is "by" omitted before allowing?
No. "by" was not omitted. Don't add "by" or "in". There should have been a comma after "off" to set off the participle clause "allowing ... seconds".
If you want to read more about participle clauses, take a look at the information in the following link:
 

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Remember that when we ask for the source, we need the title of the publication, not just the title of the article.
 

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I would have used a comma there, thus:

the safety training paid off, allowing ....
 

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I would have used a comma there, thus:

the safety training paid off, allowing ....
Exactly as teechar said in post #3!
 

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You don't have to rely on your memory to know what people in the thread have said, @Tarheel.
 

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I did that time.
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