Plane Catches Fire At Tokyo's Haneda Airport

Japan Airlines plane catches fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport

by Staff Writer 02-01-2024 | 4:50 PM

COLOMBO (News1st); A Japan Airlines plane has caught fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Firefighters are extinguishing the blaze.

Japan Airlines says the plane is Flight 516 from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to Tokyo's Haneda Airport.

JAL says the plane collided with what appears to be a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing.

The airline official says all 379 passengers and crew evacuated safely.

A Japan Coast Guard official says six people were on board the other plane. It was preparing to fly to Niigata for earthquake relief.

The Tokyo Fire Department says one crew member was evacuated and the remaining five have been found, but details of their conditions are unknown.