Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 02 Jan 2024, 04:57 am Print
Japan Airlines flight burst into flames after landing at Haneda Airport. Photo Courtesy: X page video screen grab
All 367 passengers and 12 crew members escaped miraculously after Japan Airlines aircraft burst into flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday (January 2, 2024).
Japan Airlines says the airplane is Flight 516 from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, reported NHK.
Video footage showed the passenger jet moving and then igniting with a large fireball.
According to reports, people were evacuated from the flight using emergency slides.
Japan Airlines says the plane collided with what appears to be a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, NHK reported.
As per flight tracking site FlightAware the aeroplane was an Airbus A350-900.
Aviation mishap in Japan
Japan has not recorded a major commercial aviation accident in decades.
Japan Airlines flight JL516, an Airbus A350-941, collided with a Coast Guard plane at Haneda Airport:pic.twitter.com/60DlACUDJc
— Aviation Safety Network (ASN) (@AviationSafety) January 2, 2024
In 1985, at least 520 passengers died when a JAL jumbo jet flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed in central Gunma region.
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