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A Japan Airlines plane carrying hundreds of passengers burst into flames after it collided with an aircraft involved in earthquake relief efforts at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, CNN is reporting
All crew members and passengers, including eight children under two, were safely evacuated from the passenger plane. However, five of the six people on the other plane were reported killed.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft ignited after flying into Haneda from Sapporo. The second aircraft, believed to be a De Havilland Canada DHC-8 operated by the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), was involved in earthquake relief efforts.
The other plane’s captain was also said to be in critical condition, and an investigation has commenced into the cause of the plane’s fire. Local fire services confirmed that 17 people on board the Japan Airlines plane were injured. More than 100 fire trucks were dispatched in response to the accident.
