Japan flight fire: An Airbus A350 caught fire after colliding with another plane
New Delhi:
A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today after colliding with a coast guard aircraft. Visuals on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before it caught fire.
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- All 367 passengers on board the Airbus A350 were evacuated. The plane had just arrived from Sapporo airport on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
- There were six people in the coast guard turboprop plane. One was rescued. The rest five were killed in the incident.
- Television footage showed flames coming out of windows and the plane's nose on the ground as rescue workers sprayed it. There was also burning debris on the runway.
- More than 70 fire engines were being deployed, NHK reported. Japan's Prime Minister has set up an emergency room to coordinate between agencies to control the situation.
- The JAL Airbus A350 collided with the turboprop aircraft of Japan's Coast Guard while it was de-accelerating after landing.
