Pics: Japan plane on fire as its taxies on runway after colliding with aircraft
A passenger plane burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday, with news reports saying it hit another aircraft after landing.
A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft.
Photo Credit : Associated PressThe airline said that all 379 -- 367 passengers and 12 crew members -- had been safely evacuated.
Photo Credit : ReutersThe Coast Guard said it was investigating the possibility that one of its aircraft collided with the passenger jet. Five out of the six crew of the coast guard aircraft are unaccounted for, while one escaped, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Photo Credit : ReutersA spokesperson at Japan Airlines said the aircraft had departed from Shin-Chitose airport on the northern island of Hokkaido. Haneda has closed all runways following the incident, a spokesperson for the airport said.
Photo Credit : ReutersLocal TV video showed a large eruption of fire and smoke from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway. The area around the wing then caught fire. Footage an hour later showed the plane fully on fire.
Photo Credit : ReutersFirefighters work on remnants of a Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport, in Tokyo.