Japan Plane Collides With Coast Guard Aircraft, 5 Dead
5 crew members of a Coast Guard plane were killed after it collided with a Japan Airlines aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport on January 2, 2024
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All 367 passengers on board the Airbus A350 were evacuated. It collided with aircraft of Japan's Coast Guard while it was de-accelerating after landing
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The Airbus had arrived from Japan's Shin-Chitose Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido
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Japan Airlines said that the jet had received landing clearance
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The Coast Guard plane was scheduled to leave to help with rescue efforts following a massive earthquake in Japan
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Visuals showed orange flames coming out of windows and the plane's nose on the ground as rescue workers sprayed it
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All runways at the Haneda airport have been closed after the accident
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Japan has not suffered a serious commercial aviation accident in decades
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Its worst ever was in 1985, when a JAL jumbo jet flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed in central Gunma region, killing 520