A Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers caught fire on the runway of Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Tuesday.
As Reuters reported, citing Japan Airlines, all 379 passengers and crew members were evacuated from the plane.
Video footage from Japanese public broadcaster NHK showed flames engulfing an Airbus A350 as it took off from the northern island of Hokkaido.
According to initial reports, a passenger plane appears to have collided with a Japanese Coast Guard plane while en route to Niigata to provide relief following the recent earthquake.
NHK reported that the Japanese Coast Guard confirmed that there were six people on board the plane. One person was evacuated and five others were found, but their condition is currently unknown, NHK reported, citing Tokyo firefighters.
Five remaining Japanese Coast Guard crew members found:
The remaining crew members of the Japanese Coast Guard plane have been found, but their condition is unknown, Kyodo news agency reported, citing the Tokyo Fire Department.
We previously reported that the Coast Guard plane’s pilot was able to evacuate the plane, but the remaining personnel were missing.
The Coast Guard plane is believed to have collided with a Japan Airlines plane.
The Coast Guard confirms that the captain escaped from the plane
We recently received more details from the Japanese Coast Guard about the plane that appears to have collided with the Japan Airlines plane.
The Coast Guard said there were six people on board the plane that crashed, five of whom are missing, but the captain managed to escape.
The Kyodo news agency carried a statement from the Tokyo Fire Department, which said a Coast Guard plane had also caught fire.
Watch live: Emergency crews are responding to a plane fire on the runway at Haneda airport in Tokyohttps://t.co/4zG43oYviv https://t.co/I4gKehcynz
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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
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 2, 2024
