TOKYO: Five people on board a Coast Guard aircraft died after a runway collision with a Japan Airlines plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, the Japanese transport minister said.
“Regarding the coast guard plane, we have been informed that the captain escaped and five people were confirmed dead,” Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters.
A Japan Airlines plane burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with the coast guard aircraft, media reports said.
