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Plane Explodes in Flames While Landing at Airport in Tokyo
Japan Airlines said all 367 passengers and 12 crew members had evacuated the jet. Five crew members on a Japanese Coast Guard plane that collided with it were killed.
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Japan Airlines Passenger Plane Catches Fire After Runway Collision 1:00 A fire engulfed a Japan Airlines plane after it collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. CreditCredit...Issei Kato/Reuters By Motoko Rich, Hisako Ueno and Kaly Soto Reporting from Tokyo and Okayama in Japan Jan. 2, 2024Updated 4:09 p.m. ET Leer en espa？ol Get it sent to your inbox. As flight attendants？ yell？ed into the plane’s public address system？, an eerie orange glow burned outside the windows of Japan Airlines 516. The harrowing scene was caught on video from inside the plane, which collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft as it was landing on Tuesday in Tokyo. Through skill and luck — and what one expert called “a miraculous job” — the flight crew of the Japan Airlines plane evacuated all 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely at Haneda Airport near Tokyo Bay, according to Japan’s transport minister, Tetsuo Saito. Five Coast Guard members, who were headed to help with the earthquake relief in Western Japan, were killed, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a news conference. NHK, the public broadcaster later said 14 people had been injured on the passenger plane. Source: Flightradar24 Subscribe to The Times to read as many articles as you like. Motoko Rich is a reporter in Tokyo, leading coverage of Japan for The Times. More about Motoko Rich Hisako Ueno has been reporting on Japanese politics, business, gender, labor and culture for The Times since 2012. She previously worked for the Tokyo bureau of The Los Angeles Times from 1999 to 2009. More about Hisako Ueno Read 490 Comments Share full article 490 Read in app Advertisement SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Comments 490 Plane Explodes in Flames While Landing at Airport in Tokyo Skip to Comments Share your thoughts. The Times needs your voice. We welcome your on-topic commentary, criticism and expertise. Comments are moderated for civility.
Japan Airlines Passenger Plane Catches Fire After Runway Collision
A fire engulfed a Japan Airlines plane after it collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. CreditCredit...Issei Kato/Reuters By Motoko Rich, Hisako Ueno and Kaly Soto
Reporting from Tokyo and Okayama in Japan
Jan. 2, 2024Updated 4:09 p.m. ET
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As flight attendants？ yell？ed into the plane’s public address system？, an eerie orange glow burned outside the windows of Japan Airlines 516. The harrowing scene was caught on video from inside the plane, which collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft as it was landing on Tuesday in Tokyo.
Through skill and luck — and what one expert called “a miraculous job” — the flight crew of the Japan Airlines plane evacuated all 367 passengers and 12 crew members safely at Haneda Airport near Tokyo Bay, according to Japan’s transport minister, Tetsuo Saito.
Five Coast Guard members, who were headed to help with the earthquake relief in Western Japan, were killed, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a news conference. NHK, the public broadcaster later said 14 people had been injured on the passenger plane.
Source: Flightradar24
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Motoko Rich is a reporter in Tokyo, leading coverage of Japan for The Times. More about Motoko Rich
Hisako Ueno has been reporting on Japanese politics, business, gender, labor and culture for The Times since 2012. She previously worked for the Tokyo bureau of The Los Angeles Times from 1999 to 2009. More about Hisako Ueno
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