5 people dead, Japan Airlines plane catches fire after collision on Tokyo airport runway


A Japan Airlines plane that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday.

Five of the six passengers on the Coast Guard plane have been confirmed dead following the accident, Japan public broadcaster NHK reported. Japan airline reported that all 379 passengers and crew members evacuated the plane safely.

The plane arrived at the airport around 6:00 p.m. local time from the New Chitose Airport in the northern region of Hokkaido.

Devastating earthquakes: Series of earthquakes in western Japan leave at least 48 dead

Coast Guard plane headed to help with earthquake relief

The Japanese Coast Guard told NHK that the agency’s plane was heading to Niigata for earthquake relief.

NHK, citing the Tokyo Fire Department, reported that five members of the crew had died, while the pilot evacuated and is severely injured.

A fire engine is seen beside a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on January 2, 2024. A Japan Airlines plane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2 after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft, television reports said.

A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan on Monday leaving at least 48 people dead and more than a dozen seriously injured.

Thousands of buildings, vehicles and boats were destroyed. The damage to homes was so great that it could not immediately be assessed, Ishikawa officials said.

Aftershocks continued to shake Ishikawa prefecture and nearby areas a day after a magnitude 7.6 temblor slammed the area.

Water, power and cell phone service were still down in some areas, as of Tuesday.

Contributing: Associated Press

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Japan Airlines plane fire: 5 dead in collision at Tokyo Haneda Airport

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