On January 2, a Japan Airlines vessel collided with a Coast Guard plane. The plane landed at Tokyo airport, 5 people died, 379 were evacuated.
This was reported by the BBC, citing the NHK TV channel.
An Airbus A350 taking off from Sapporo collided with a Coast Guard plane.
…羽田の航空機火災、胴体着陸で機体を擦りながら滑走中に炎が上がったかな…？ pic.twitter.com/UmS4lUk9SD
– 棒振り (@bouhuri) January 2, 2024
The video shows that the two planes collided when the passenger plane was moving down the runway after landing.
All 379 passengers and crew members on board were evacuated, media reports cite the airline.
“We are currently assessing the extent of the damage,” the airline said.
The Airbus A350, Japan Airlines Flight 516, took off from New Chitose Airport at 16:00 local time (07:00 GMT) and was scheduled to land at Haneda Airport in Tokyo at 17:40.
The Japanese Coast Guard has confirmed that an Airbus A350 passenger jet of Japan Airlines collided with their aircraft on the runway. According to NHK, there were six people on board. The Coast Guard plane was on its way to help people affected by the earthquake.
Five crew members of a Japanese Coast Guard plane that collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane were killed, NHK reports. The sixth crew member, the aircraft commander, was seriously wounded.
Haneda Airport is one of the two airports in the Japanese capital. The airline specializes in domestic flights, but in recent years has been expanding its international network. In 2016, it served 79.7 million passengers. In terms of passenger traffic, it is the third airport in Asia and the fifth in the world. Haneda is the main base of two major Japanese airlines, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways, as well as low-cost airlines Hokkaido International Airlines and Skymark Airlines. In 2020, the airport was recognized by the Skytrax World Airport Awards as the best airport in the world with an annual passenger traffic of more than 70 million people, and also took the second position in the TOP-10 airports in the world.
