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Japan Airlines Plane Bursts Into Flames After Collision At Tokyo Airport
Japan Airlines Plane Bursts Into Flames After Collision At Tokyo Airport-November 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:13:46

A Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane is seen on fire on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on January 2, 2024.

While landing in , a jet hit a aircraft, causing to explode, killing five members on the other plane. said all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on the plane were safely evacuated at on January 2, according to the .

Footage of the incident shows the Japan Airlines on fire as it slid across a runway. Flight 516 departed New Chitose Airport in the northern prefecture of Hokkaido and was scheduled to land at Haneda at 5:40 p.m., The Times reports. Footage from the incident showed firefighters trying to put out the flames. While no one was killed on , at least 17 of the were injured.

his photo provided by Jiji Press shows a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2, 2024.

Footage and images shared on social media showed passengers shouting inside the cabin and running across the runway away from the plane, once it came to a rest, reports.

“I felt a boom like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed,” a passenger said, according to Reuters. “I saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke.”

The Coast Guard members were killed on a en route to deliver supplies to the region impacted by a powerful earthquake that hit western Japan on January 1. said the members were “filled with a determined sense of mission, and it is extremely regrettable and distressing what has happened to them.” He added that the government would be working to ensure the crash didn’t “affect relief efforts” after the quake, which killed nearly 50 people, theTimes reports.

Shortly after the crash, an air traffic controller told pilots “Airport is closed, Haneda airport is closed,” Reuters reports

Here’s where the matter stands right now, according to :

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed relevant agencies to coordinate to assess the damage swiftly and provide information to the public, according to his office.

Transport minister Saito said the cause of the accident was unclear and the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB), police and other departments would continue to investigate. The collision occurred shortly after landing.

”The transport ministry will attempt to resume the operations of Haneda airport as soon as possible,” Saito said.

Haneda is one of the two main airports that serve Japan’s capital. Japan Airlines’ main rival – – said it canceled 112 domestic flights departing and landing at for the rest of January 2 because – you know – the runway is shut down.

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