At least 5 coast guard crew died whereas all 379 passengers from a Japan Airlines airplane have been rescued after a collision between two plane induced an explosion at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday.
Flight 516, a industrial airplane from Hokkaido in northern Japan, caught fireplace on the runway and finally burnt out utterly.
There have been 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board, who have been all in a position to go away the plane, the Japanese Airlines authorities stated.
According to the tv station TBS, the coastguard plane was transporting materials to the earthquake zone on the west coast of the nation. At least 48 individuals have died in a collection of earthquakes there since New Year’s Day.
Images from TBS confirmed the passengers of the industrial plane leaving through an emergency slide whereas firefighting operations have been being carried out. An explosive fireball might later be seen.
Earlier, photographs on state broadcaster NHK confirmed the airplane transferring briskly alongside the runway earlier than an explosion of orange flames burst from beneath it.
The tv footage confirmed flames popping out of the home windows and the airplane’s nostril on the bottom as rescue employees sprayed it.
There was additionally burning particles on the runway.
Haneda has closed all runways following the incident, a spokesperson for the airport stated.
Source: www.dailysabah.com