Five Dead In Japan Airlines Runway Collision [VIDEO]

January 2, 2024 BREAKING NEWS

CBS News reports:

A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said, with public broadcaster NHK TV saying five crew members on the coast guard plane were killed.

NHK reported that all occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to total 379 people, got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The Japanese coast guard said earlier that the pilot of its plane had escaped but five crewmembers were missing.

Local TV video showed a large eruption of fire and smoke from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway. The area around the wing then caught fire. Video aired an hour later showed the plane fully on fire.

The New York Times reports: 



The Coast Guard plane, an MA722, was on a mission to transport supplies to a base in Niigata Prefecture to help areas affected by the powerful earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday, according to Naoko Kobayashi of the Japan Coast Guard.

Footage aired by NHK showed the Japan Airlines plane on fire as it streaked across a runway. The broadcaster reported that the plane, Flight 516, had departed New Chitose Airport in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido and was scheduled to land at Haneda at 5:40 p.m.

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