JAL plane bursts into flames at Haneda Airport, collides with Japan Coast Guard plane; all 379 passengers and crew evacuate. Passenger plane caught fire at Tokyo airport, passengers were evacuated safely.
A fire broke out in a passenger plane landing at the Tokyo airport, which immediately engulfed the entire plane.
According to foreign media, as soon as the passenger plane of the Japanese airline landed at the Tokyo airport, a fire broke out in it, which engulfed the entire plane. Started the extraction process.
367 passengers in JAL Plane
According to reports, 367 passengers were on board the plane and they have been evacuated safely.
According to the Japanese media, the passenger plane landed on the runway at a high speed, the plane collided with a Coast Guard jet standing at the airport, with 6 people on board, one of whom got out, but there is no immediate information about the 5 people. Not received.
The video of the plane catching fire at the Tokyo airport is also going viral on social media, in which the fire can be seen coming out of the windows of the plane.
At around 5:50 p.m. on the 2nd at Haneda Airport in Ota Ward, Tokyo, a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane that landed collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the runway and burst into flames. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed this. Just before 9 p.m. that day, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that all 379 passengers and crew had evacuated from the aircraft, and that five of the six crew members on the Japan Coast Guard plane had died. The Japan Coast Guard plane was reportedly on its way to provide support for the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
Domestic Media Report
According to domestic media, JAL flight 516 caught fire. The plane was scheduled to depart New Chitose Airport at 4 p.m. and land at Haneda at 5:40 p.m. NHK and other media outlets, citing Japan Airlines, reported that all 379 passengers and crew members evacuated from the aircraft. There were 367 passengers, eight of whom were children.
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency also announced that 367 passengers on the JAL plane evacuated.
The Prime Minister’s Office stated that Japan Coast Guard JA722A and JAL Flight 516 collided, and Prime Minister Kishida stated, “1. We will make every effort to rescue and rescue the victims in close cooperation with the relevant ministries and agencies. 2. “The government should promptly assess the damage situation and strive to provide appropriate information to the public.”
Prime Minister Kishida
Prime Minister Kishida told reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office just before 9:30 p.m. that the passengers and crew on the JAL plane were safe, and that five of the six employees on board the Japan Coast Guard plane had died. I made it. The prime minister explained that Japan Coast Guard officials were on their way to provide support in the wake of the Noto Peninsula earthquake. “This is extremely unfortunate, and I would like to express my respect and gratitude for their sense of mission, and offer my sincere condolences.”
NHK, citing the Japan Coast Guard, reported that the plane that collided with the JAL plane was a fixed-wing aircraft belonging to Haneda Air Base. The Metropolitan Police Department also reported that of the six people on board, the captain was seriously injured, and the other five were confirmed dead.
Japan Airlines
NHK footage showed flames coming out of the windows of the Japan Airlines plane, and flames coming from underneath the plane. The runway was also on fire. Multiple fire engines rushed to the scene as smoke and flames rose.
Jiji Press, citing the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, reported that the Japan Coast Guard plane that collided with the JAL plane was heading to Niigata to respond to the Noto earthquake. The Asahi Shimbun, citing a senior administration official, reported that the Japan Coast Guard plane was scheduled to deliver relief supplies to areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.
