Japan Airlines plane catches fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after collision with Coast Guard aircraft - News Summed Up

Japan Airlines plane catches fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after collision with Coast Guard aircraft


January 02, 2024 03:13 pm | Updated 11:40 pm IST - TokyoFive people aboard a Japan coastguard aircraft died on Tuesday when it hit a Japan Airlines passenger plane on the ground in a fiery collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. All 379 passengers and crew on board the passenger plane, which burst into flames were safely evacuated, Japanese Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters. A video posted to social media platform X showed people sliding down an inflatable emergency slide from the side of the passenger plane while flames shot out from the rear of the aircraft. “Smoke began to fill the plane, and I thought, ‘this could be really bad’,” an adult male passenger told reporters at the airport. JAL said the passenger plane either collided with the other aircraft on a runway or a taxiway after it touched down, Kyodo reported.


Source: The Hindu January 02, 2024 19:25 UTC



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