A Japan Airlines plane with 379 people on board burst into flames after colliding with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, which was travelling from Chitose, Hokkaido, struck the aircraft upon landing.
All 379 people on the commercial flight managed to escape before the plane became engulfed in flames.
Five crew members from the Coast Guard aircraft passed away, with only the pilot managing to escape.
Footage of the collision:
Scary stuff. Japan Airlines A350 bursts into flames on landing at Haneda Airport, collides with a Coast Guard plane. All 379 passengers reported safe! pic.twitter.com/p3CNhjlLIL
— Shiv Aroor (@ShivAroor) January 2, 2024
🚨#BREAKING: A Japan Airliner has reportedly collided with a Coast Guard aircraft on the runway when landing
Currently, there’s a massive emergency response underway after a Japan Airlines plane caught fire upon landing at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after it… pic.twitter.com/SQnWvqujfd
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 2, 2024
Japan Airlines flight JAL 516 was on fire on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, after colliding with a coast guard plane.
Footage showed the passenger aircraft burning as it moved along the runway before becoming engulfed after it came to a standstill.… pic.twitter.com/2UqE9OdY7o
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ABC News reports:
There were 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board when the flight landed, NHK reported. All 379 safely left the plane after it landed, the airline said, according to NHK.
Six people were on board the Coast Guard aircraft, which was scheduled to fly to Niigata, Japan, for earthquake relief, officials told NHK.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office identified the Coast Guard aircraft as JA722A, saying on social media that five of the six on board had been killed.
Live video from the airport, an international hub on the outskirts of Tokyo, showed firefighters battling flames that engulfed the aircraft’s fuselage.
More than 70 firefighting vehicles responded to the runway as the fire raged. The fire was still burning about two hours after the landing.
WATCH:
Five crew members of a Coast Guard aircraft died in a collision with a Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo. All 379 passengers and crew of the Japan Airlines plane were able to escape unharmed. pic.twitter.com/6pIUfwRnUn
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 2, 2024
Video footage from the inside of the Japan Airlines flight that collided with a smaller plane on the tarmac at Haneda Airport has emerged. pic.twitter.com/JerBVg8t9t
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 2, 2024
From the Associated Press:
Tuesday’s accident was the first time one of the Airbus A350, among the industry’s newest large passenger planes, was severely damaged. It entered commercial service in 2015. Airbus in a statement said it was sending specialists to help Japanese and French authorities and that the plane was delivered to Japan Airlines in late 2021.
The A350 had flown from Shin Chitose airport near the city of Sapporo, the transport minister said.
Coast guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima said its Bombardier Dash-8 plane, which is based at Haneda, had been due to head to Niigata to deliver relief goods to residents affected by a deadly earthquake in the region on Monday. The turboprop Dash-8 is widely used on short-haul and commuter flights.
The coast guard pilot reported to his base that his aircraft exploded after colliding with the commercial plane, Vice Commander Yoshio Seguchi told reporters.
