A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames as it landed on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 02, 2024.
According to a statement from Japan Airlines management, all 379 people on board – passengers and crew – were however safely evacuated.
Live footage shared on social media showed passengers evacuating the aircraft using inflatable slides. They are then seen running away across the tarmac.
Japanese media reported that one person onboard the coastguard plane escaped, while the other five remain unaccounted for.
Videos and images posted online show the Japan Airlines plane engulfed in flames on the runway, while footage from inside the aircraft shows passengers surrounded by thick smoke
It is thought the aircraft collided with a Japanese coastguard plane.
The Japanese coastguard says its aircraft was on its way to Niigata Airport to deliver aid to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula
The plane had taken off from Sapparo on Hokkaido island, in northern Japan. It was due to land at Haneda Airport shortly before 18:00 local time.
The coastguard says how and when the two aircrafts clashed “is under investigation”
All flights from Haneda Airport have been suspended indefinitely.
