TOKYO: A Japan Airlines plane is in flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday (Jan 2) after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft.
Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupting in flames as it skidded down the tarmac and fire crew members feverishly tried to extinguish the fire.
Japan Airlines said that all 379 passengers and crew had been evacuated.
The flight, JL516, had departed from Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido. It landed at Haneda at 5.47pm, according to data from flight-tracker Flightradar24.
The Coast Guard said it was investigating the possibility that one of its aircraft collided with the passenger jet.
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