5 dead as coastguard plane collides with passenger aircraft at Tokyo Airport

New Delhi, Jan 2: Five people aboard a Japanese Coast Guard plane have died after their aircraft collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. The coastguard plane was due to deliver aid to areas hit by Monday's deadly earthquake.

All 379 people on board the burning Japan Airlines plane were evacuated, the airline said. Dramatic footage showed passengers fleeing the burning Japan Airlines plane on inflatable slides and running across the tarmac

In a harrowing incident at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday evening, a Japan Airlines plane erupted into flames upon landing on a runway. The aircraft, identified as Japan Airlines Flight 516, had departed from Sapporo and reportedly collided with a coast guard plane during its landing.

The fiery incident prompted a swift response from emergency services, with fire trucks deployed to battle the billowing smoke and flames surrounding the aircraft.

Japan Airlines confirmed that all 379 people on board, including passengers and crew, were successfully evacuated. The rescue operation unfolded rapidly as the fire tore through the plane within minutes, leaving it destroyed. The airline is now assessing the extent of the damage caused by the incident.