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Five members of the Coast Guard have died after their aircraft collided with a commercial flight at a Tokyo airport, a crash that produced a major fire that forced the evacuation of the 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines commercial plane, confirmed the authorities of Japan.
The event occurred when Japan Airlines flight 516 from Sapporo (north of the country) collided with the coast guard plane as soon as it landed at 5:47 p.m. local time (9:47 a.m. GMT) in Haneda, one of the two international airports serving the Japanese capital.
LOOK: A Japan Airlines plane with hundreds of passengers catches fire at Tokyo airport | VIDEO
One of the commercial flight’s engines caught fire then, although the fire was later put out by firefighters, while all the airport’s runways were closed.
🚨 JAPAN: COLLISION CAUSED PLANE TO BURST INTO FLAMES
Japan Airlines Flight 516 reportedly collided with a Coast Guard aircraft on the tarmac and then burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport.
All passengers were reportedly evacuated, however 5 crew members are still… https://t.co/3Cism7d1fc pic.twitter.com/RJkrubfSF9
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 2, 2024
Of the 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines plane (367 passengers and 12 crew) who were evacuated, 17 have been injured, while of the six occupants of the Coast Guard aircraft, only the captain, who He is seriously injured, he has managed to survive.
