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Japan Airways airplane crash: All 367 passengers escape; 5 coast guard crew lifeless


TOKYO — A Japan Airways passenger jet turned engulfed in flames on the runway Tuesday at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport shortly after its 367 passengers and 12 crew members escaped the airplane alive, officers mentioned.

The jet had collided with a coast guard airplane. 5 of the six crew members aboard coast guard plane MA722 died, and the pilot was in important situation, in line with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Division.

Video footage revealed by Reuters exhibits the passenger jet, an Airbus A350, transferring alongside the runway earlier than coming to a standstill, in flames. Rescuers might be seen extinguishing the hearth.

The flight was arriving to Tokyo from Sapporo, in Japan’s northernmost prefecture, Hokkaido, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot.

The coast guard airplane was heading to Niigata Airport in western Japan to carry support to communities devastated by a robust earthquake that struck the world Monday, in line with Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Footage from Jan. 2 captured the second a Japan Airways jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. (Video: Reuters)

The 7.6-magnitude earthquake in Ishikawa killed no less than 48 folks and left scores extra injured or lacking, inflicting widespread injury and sparking a tsunami warning on Monday.

All departing flights from Haneda Airport — nearer to Tokyo and busier than the town’s different main airport, Narita — had been suspended for the remainder of the night. The departure space was full of vacationers ready to reschedule the flights, with lengthy traces at eating places and ready areas.

At the least 48 lifeless as Japanese earthquake causes widespread destruction

A Japan Airways official informed reporters at a information convention that the flight had acquired permission to land, however that exchanges between the cockpit and flight management had been beneath investigation, Reuters reported.

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