A Japan Airlines plane burns at Tokyo's Haneda Municipal Airport, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing possible accidental contact with a Self-Defense Force plane. All 367 passengers on the burning Japan Airlines plane at Tokyo Haneda Airport were evacuated. This was announced by the Japanese television station NHK. Five people aboard a Coast Guard plane that collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Haneda Airport in Japan have been confirmed dead. The Guardian reports on it. There were a total of six people on board the Coast Guard aircraft.
“As for the Coast Guard plane, we were informed that the captain escaped and five people were confirmed dead,” Japanese Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters.
Japan Airlines (JAL) reported that the plane on the runway at Haneda Airport was Flight 516, with about 400 passengers on board, coming from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture. During the landing phase, there was a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft on the runway and all passengers were able to escape along with the on-board personnel, reports Jal. However, the fate of the five people on board the Coast Guard flight is not yet known.
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