An incoming business flight at Tokyo’s Haneda airport burst into flames on Tuesday after colliding with a Coast Guard aircraft, killing 5 Coast Guard crewmembers.
All 379 passengers reportedly escaped the flaming business airplane.
One consumer on X posted firsthand footage from contained in the aircraft, commenting, “I thought I was going to die.”
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Fox Information reports,
A thick plume of black smoke rose over an airport runway in Japan on Tuesday after a Japanese plane collided with a coast guard plane and burst into flames, native media reported.
Stay footage on public broadcaster NHK confirmed Japan Airways passenger aircraft JAL-516 on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport with flames popping out of its home windows. Shortly after, the plane was totally consumed.
The coast guard plane pilot escaped, however the 5 crewmembers have been killed, NHK reported. An official confirmed {that a} Bombardier Sprint-8 Coast Guard aircraft was concerned within the collision.
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