Japan Airlines plane appears to have collided with Coast Guard plane – Five people missing from second plane, Guardian reports
Japan Airlines plane engulfed in flames on runway at Tokyo airportof Haneda, since it seems that during the landing it collided with a Coast Guard aircraft, while the 379 people on board were safely removed.
However, five of the six members of the Coast Guard are missing, which were on board the second aircraft on which the Japan Airlines plane appears to have crashed, according to the Guardian.
Network aired footage it showed flames coming out of the aircraft’s windows. A spokesman for the airport announced that all runways were temporarily closed.
Footage showed passengers evacuating the plane from the inflatable slides and running away from the burning plane.
A vehicle of some type appears to have been on the runway and made contact with the left wing (fuel tank) of the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 at Tokyo-Haneda Airport on January 2nd.#breaking #news #aviation #airplane #airplanecrash pic.twitter.com/YKeqt70OMO
— Dillonshrop (@Dillonshrop06) January 2, 2024
According to the first information, the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 caught fire after a possible collision with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft. The incident happened with the plane Flight 516, which had arrived from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.
#WATCH : Another video of a Japan Airlines airplane was in flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday.#Japan #Tokyo #Fire #FirePlane #TokyoInternationalAirport #Plane #Fire #BREAKING_NEWS pic.twitter.com/OxkrcBaOgI
— upuknews (@upuknews1) January 2, 2024
The Ministry of Lands, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is investigating the incident. Furthermore, there are reports that the plane may have nose landed.
All passengers have been evacuated from the JAL flight from Hokkaido to Tokyo. (No casualties) The story is that the JAL airplane might have hit a coast guard plane collided. The collision took place after the plane landed. pic.twitter.com/Cg90QnZUGG
— Hoshi Algorithm (@hoshialgorithm) January 2, 2024
NHK, citing authorities, said that the aircraft may have collided with another aircraft after landing at Haneda as well as that the plane, JAL 516, had taken off from Hokkaido.
#Video A vehicle of some type appears to have been on the runway and made contact with the left wing (fuel tank) of the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 at Tokyo-Haneda Airport on January 2nd.#Breaking #News #Aviation #Airplane #Airplanecrash#JapanAirlines #Tokyo pic.twitter.com/KjGrDeGMNN
— Europe Cognizant (@EuropeCognizant) January 2, 2024
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