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All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane escaped a fire that erupted after it collided with a smaller Coast Guard aircraft.
Japan Plane Fire: At least five people died after a Japan Airlines aircraft, carrying 367 passengers, caught fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday following a possible collision with a coast guard plane. Five people were members of the Coast Guard while a captain was also seriously injured in the incident, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported.
“Regarding the coast guard plane, we have been informed that the captain escaped and five people were confirmed dead,” Tetsuo Saito Japan’s transport minister said as per the news agency AFP.
Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew onboard the Airbus plane were evacuated, NHK reported. Those onboard included eight children, Kyodo News reported.
動画！羽田空港で日本航空の機体が炎上中！消火作業継続中！海上保安庁の飛行機が衝突！
VIDEO! Japan Airlines aircraft on fire at Haneda Airport! Firefighting operations are continuing! Japan Coast Guard plane collided with a plane!
视频！ 羽田机场日本航空公司飞机起火！ 灭火行动正在 pic.twitter.com/56bl93Yosd
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#WATCH | A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, with the airline saying that all 379 passengers and crew had been safely evacuated: Reuters
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NHK reported that one of the six crew members on the coast guard plane was safe.
The cause of the incident was not immediately clear, but television reports said that the Airbus collided with a coast guard aircraft. The Jiji news agency reported the coast guard plane was scheduled to leave to help with rescue efforts following a massive earthquake in central Japan on Monday.
Reports said that the plane had just arrived from Sapporo airport on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. A coast guard official at Haneda Airport, one of the world’s busiest, said they were “checking details”.
“It’s not clear if there was a collision. But it is certain that our plane is involved,” he told AFP.
JAL said the passenger plane either collided with the other aircraft on a runway or a taxiway after it touched down, Kyodo reported.
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