10:40 p.m
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3:45 p.m
French investigators were dispatched to the scene of the tragedy
A team of experts from the French Civil Aviation Investigation and Analysis Office (BEA) is scheduled to arrive in Japan on Wednesday to take part in the investigation into the ground collision of a Japan Airlines Airbus with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft, the organization learned on Tuesday. The French BEA participates in the technical, so-called safety investigation of aircraft abroad, especially when it acts as the competent authority of the country where the aircraft was built.
The A350 is produced in Toulouse in southwest France. Japan Airlines has 16 copies.
2:21 p.m
All domestic airport flights have been canceled
All domestic flights from Tokyo to Haneda (departures and arrivals) were canceled on Tuesday evening, according to the airport's website. However, most international flights were operated. Tokyo-Haneda is one of the Japanese capital's two international airports and one of the busiest in the world. However, authorities planned to resume all flights as soon as possible due to high air traffic after the New Year, according to a transport ministry official.
2:20 p.m
The reason for the collision is still unknown
The reason for the collision is still unknown. “We are not yet able to explain the cause of the accident,” said Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito.
2:19 p.m
“These employees had a high sense of their mission”: Tribute to deceased Coast Guardsmen
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida paid tribute to the fallen coast guard. “These employees had a high awareness of their mission and responsibility for the disaster areas, which is very unfortunate,” he said, expressing his “respect” and “gratitude” to them.
2:16 p.m
“I honestly thought I wouldn’t survive.”
Statements from passengers of the Airbus that caught fire are increasing. “Smoke was filling the plane and I thought this could get really bad,” one passenger told reporters at the airport. “An announcement said that the doors in the back and middle could not be opened. So everyone left the room at the front,” he added. “It was hot on the plane and I honestly thought I wouldn't survive,” another survivor told NHK.
12:20 p.m
5 confirmed dead in a Japanese Army Dash-8 hit by a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 in Tokyo-Haneda
Five of the six occupants of the stricken plane died after the plane collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground, Japan's transport minister announced. “The commander (of the coast guard aircraft, editor's note) was able to escape,” but the five other people on board “died,” explained Tetsuo Saito. All 379 passengers and crew members of Japan Airlines aircraft JAL516 were able to evacuate the aircraft “safe and sound”, the minister added.
11:48 a.m
More than 70 fire engines deployed on the runway at Tokyo Airport
According to NHK, debris was also scattered on the runway and more than 70 fire engines were at the scene.
11:47 am
8 children among the 367 passengers on the Japanese plane
According to the Japanese news agency Kyodo, eight children were among the passengers.
11:26 a.m
A surviving passenger testifies on X
“Everyone is safe, they are taking us to the terminal”
11:17 am
Airplane accidents are very rare in Japan
Airplane accidents are extremely rare in Japan. The worst disaster occurred in 1985 when a Japan Airlines plane crashed between Tokyo and Osaka, killing 520 people, one of the world's worst aviation disasters.
11:12 a.m
The 5 crew members of the Dash 8 are missing, one person is said to have survived
The personnel of the Dash 8 that collided with the Airbus are missing.
11:00.
A collision with a Dash 8 may have caused the explosion
According to Japanese television, the Airbus crashed into a Coast Guard Dash 8 during his landing.
“It is not clear whether there was a collision or not. What is certain is that our aircraft was involved,” a coast guard official at the airport told AFP. Tokyo-Haneda.
10:58 am
The burning aircraft was a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 that was operating flight JL516 from Shin-Chitose Airport near Sapporo in Japan.
The A350-900 was delivered 2 years ago.
10:57 am
All passengers were evacuated
An airline spokesperson told NHK that the plane's 367 passengers and 12 crew members were evacuated.
10:53 am
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