Airliner With 379 Passengers Erupts in Flames After Crashing Into Coast Guard Plane in Tokyo

Published on January 2, 2024

A Japanese passenger plane with 379 occupants on board burst into flames Tuesday after colliding with a Coast Guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, with video showing terrified passengers inside as the inferno raged outside their windows. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters on Jan. 2 that all passengers aboard Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 were safely evacuated before the plane was engulfed in flames. Mr. Saito added that the pilot of the Coast Guard plane also managed to get to safety, but five crew members died. People on an observation deck looking at a Japan Airlines plane on fire on a runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, on Jan. 2, 2024. (Jiji Press/AFP via Getty Images) Dramatic Evacuation Footage of the incident broadcast on local television and social media showed a massive eruption of fire and smoke from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on the tarmac shortly after landing....

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