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5 dead as plane collides with Japan passenger jet, was headed for quake relief

A Japan Airlines plane caught fire at Haneda airport in Tokyo after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members were safely evacuated.
The coast guard plane's pilot escaped, but five crew members died in the collision.
Haneda airport is closed for investigation, but officials are working to reopen it as soon as possible.

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The Guardian

Japan: plane engulfed in flames after colliding with coastguard aircraft – video

A Japan Airlines passenger plane carrying 379 people appeared to have collided with a coast guard aircraft with six people on board. Footage shows the plane coming in to land before catching fire. The coast guard aircraft was being used to transport supplies after Japan suffered multiple devastating earthquakes. All passengers and crew from the commercial aircraft were evacuated, but five out of six coastguards were unaccounted forJapan earthqua…

4 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

Japan Airlines plane catches fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after collision with Coast Guard aircraft

NHK reported that one of the six crew members on the coast guard plane was safe but that the other five were unaccounted for.

4 months ago·India

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CTV News

Planes catch fire after a collision at Japan's Haneda airport, killing 5. Hundreds evacuated safely

A passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames. Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that all 379 occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames.

4 months ago·Canada

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The Independent

Japan Airlines jet bursts into flames on Tokyo’s Haneda airport runway

A fire engulfed a Japan Airlines plane as it landed on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Tuesday, 2 January. Footage showed a blaze erupting from the windows of the aircraft. Flight number 516 was carrying around 300 passengers from Shin-Chitose airport in Hokkaido to Haneda when the incident occurred on landing, a Japan Airlines spokesperson said. Japan's Coast Guard said it was looking into the possibility that its plane crashed with the J…

4 months ago·London, United Kingdom

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CBC News

5 dead after planes collide on runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport

A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said.

4 months ago·Canada

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NDTV

Japan Airlines Plane On Fire After Collision: What We Know So Far

A Japan Airlines passenger aircraft caught fire at Tokyo airport today, according to local media reports. Visuals of live coverage by Japanese news agency NHK shows the passenger plane on fire as it moved down the runway in a high speed.

4 months ago·New Delhi, India

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