A plane carrying almost 400 people has caught fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Televised images on Tuesday showed a large burst of fire erupt from the side of a Japan Airlines plane as it landed. Initial reports claim that JAL flight 516, an Airbus A-350, was travelling from Shin Chitose airport, near Sapporo, the capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, when it apparently struck a Coast Guard plane. Five of the six people aboard the smaller aircraft are unaccounted for, local media reported. Later video showed fire crews working to put out the blaze. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely, according to NHK, the local broadcaster. A total of 379 people were on board — 367 passengers and 12 crew members.
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- Japan Airlines plane and Coast Guard aircraft collide at Tokyo's Haneda airport, resulting in a fire and the deaths of most of the coast guard plane crew.
- The coast guard aircraft was en route to deliver aid to those affected by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with five of the six crew members reported dead.
- All 379 passengers and crew on the Japan Airlines plane miraculously escaped the fire, with footage showing the aircraft bursting into flames and passengers evacuating via slides.
Five dead after JAL airliner crashes into quake aid plane at Tokyo airport
TOKYO (Reuters) -All 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller aircraft on Tuesday. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the JAL Airbus...
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