Plane catches fireplace on runway at Japan’s Haneda Airport after collision, passengers reportedly protected
TOKYO (AP) — A passenger airplane collided with a Japanese coast guard plane and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officers stated.
NHK TV reported that every one occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to whole 379 folks, received out safely earlier than the airplane was fully engulfed in flames. The Japanese coast guard stated the pilot of its airplane had escaped. NHK reported that the 5 different crewmembers had been discovered lifeless.
Local TV video confirmed a big eruption of fireside and smoke from the aspect of the Japan Airlines airplane because it taxied on a runway. The space across the wing then caught fireplace. Footage an hour later confirmed the airplane absolutely on fireplace.
NHK TV stated the airplane was an Airbus A-350 that had flown from Shin Chitose airport, close to town of Sapporo, to Haneda.
Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima confirmed the collision between the passenger airplane and its flight MA-722, a Bombardier Dash-8.
Swede Anton Deibe, 17, who was a passenger on the Japan Airlines airplane, instructed Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that “the entire cabin was filled with smoke within a few minutes. We threw ourselves down on the floor. Then the emergency doors were opened and we threw ourselves at them.
“The smoke in the cabin stung like hell. It was a hell. We have no idea where we are going so we just run out into the field. It was chaos,” added Deibe, who was touring together with his mother and father and sister.
Kyodo stated the coast guard airplane, which relies at Haneda, had been as a result of head to Niigata to ship aid items to residents affected by a lethal earthquake within the area on Monday that killed no less than 48 folks.
Haneda is likely one of the busiest airports in Japan, and many individuals journey over the New Year holidays.
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Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.
