Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
NEW YORK, 3rd Jan. According to Japan’s national broadcaster NHK on Tuesday reported that in a dramatic visuals showed people coming out of the burning plane and running across the tarmac at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
Media reports said that 5 Japanese coastguard crew members were killed in a collision between their aircraft and a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
There were 379 passengers, including crew members, were aboard the plane at the time of the collision. They all were evacuated safely before the plane caught fire, media reported.
According to reports, the coastguard plane was taking emergency supplies for the rescue operation in earthquake-hit central Japan region.
According to local news 1 of the 6 coastguard members who were aboard their aircraft managed to escape. He sustained severe burn injuries and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.
The flight operations at Haneda Airport were suspended and many flights were diverted to other nearby airports.
According to the Japanese flag carrier, the plane has been identified as Flight 516 which flew into the capital city from the New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.
The video footage of the incident shared on social media showed the passenger jet moving at speed and then igniting with a large fireball.
The plane is seen at a standstill with emergency slides open and people running out as firefighters try to douse the flames.
Japanese minister for transport Tetsuo Saito said, “Japan Airlines informed Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau that 379 people, including 367 passengers and 12 crew members, had been safely evacuated.”
“Regarding the coastguard plane, one captain was evacuated but five other crew members were confirmed dead,” headed.
