In an incident at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, five individuals on board a Japanese coast guard plane lost their lives after their aircraft collided with a passenger plane.

 

#Japon 🇯🇵🔴 | #ULTIMAHORA
Se confirman 5 muertos de la Guardia Costera japonesa después de que el avión con suministros para el #Terremoto colisionara con otro de Japan Airlines en el aeropuerto de Haneda, Tokio.
Las 379 personas a bordo del otro avión han sido evacuadas. pic.twitter.com/y68uWQuzs0

— Recopilaciones_esp (@Recomes_esp) January 2, 2024

 

The impact occurred as the coast guard plane was en route to deliver humanitarian aid following the devastating earthquake that struck central Japan on New Year's Day.

 

All of the 379 passengers and crew on board the #JapanAirlines aircraft have been evacuated.

#HanedaAirport #Japan #Japon #Tokyo #WhatsApp #Aoora #TejRan #Poornima pic.twitter.com/op8EiF3S01

— Payal Shahu (@payal_shahu62) January 2, 2024

 

The crashed coast guard plane was intended for relief efforts after the deadly earthquake but collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane.

 

Video captures passengers escaping a burning Japan Airlines plane on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after it landed and burst into flames.

It’s reported to have collided with a Japan Coast Guard plane on the tarmac ⤵️#Japan #Japon #japanearthquake2024 pic.twitter.com/g2IxYDkqaP

— Nabeel shah (@oye_nabeel) January 2, 2024

 

It was reported that the 379 passengers and crew aboard Japan Airlines Flight 516 managed to evacuate the aircraft before it became engulfed in flames.

 

#BreakingNews : First visuals from inside the wrecked plane who caught fire at Tokyo International airport #Japan .
People can be heard screaming.#Tsunami #earthquake #Japan #JapanEarthquake #Japon#JapanTsunami #japanearthquake2024 #飛行機事故 #JapanAirlines pic.twitter.com/DiO19GV0wp

— 𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐮𝐧 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐚𝐫 (@ArjunPMO) January 2, 2024

 

Shocking images captured the moment when occupants of the Airbus A350 escaped through inflatable slides, just minutes before the fire completely consumed the aircraft fuselage. Flight 516 had taken off from Hokkaido in northern Japan approximately two hours before the tragic collision.

 

Avión de Japan Airlines se incinera luego de chocar en la pista con una nave de la guardia costera de Japón. Los 367 pasajeros evacuaron al tiempo.
No fue en el AIFA, por si ven a López Dóriga insinuando tal cosa. pic.twitter.com/zIDy3gep8O

— ZuritaCarpio (@ZuritaCarpio) January 2, 2024

 

With information from BBC.