On January 2, 2024, a Japan Airlines jet burst into flames on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after a runway collision with a Japan Coast Guard plane.
The Airbus A350-900 aircraft for JAL flight 916 flew into Haneda Airport from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido carrying 367 passengers and 12 crew members.
Fortunately, all passengers on the flight evacuated safely via the emergency slide. According to NHK, at least 14 passengers were sent to the hospital for treatment.
Unfortunately for the Coastal Guard plane, five out of six personnel were killed in the crash. The captain survived but sustained serious injuries.
The coast guard aircraft was about to embark on a mission to a base in Niigata Prefecture. The aircraft carried disaster relief supplies that were meant to support the affected areas. It was moving on the runway when it collided with the JAL plane.
All 379 passengers and crew have escaped from a Japan Airlines aircraft that caught fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, a JAL official says. The plane is still burning.https://t.co/bZpiKm8wIN pic.twitter.com/zoKNb6HcBJ — NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) January 2, 2024
Japan Airlines has announced that its crew members said they confirmed the landing permission from the controller and repeated the order before carrying out landing operations.
NHK reported that an air traffic controller at Tokyo's Haneda Airport had given permission for a Japan Airlines passenger jet to land on a runway before it collided with a Japan Coast Guard plane.
The air controller had also ordered the coast guard aircraft to hold short of the runway. The plane belongs to the Haneda Airport base.
A ministry official told a press briefing the JAL plane was attempting to land normally when it collided with the Coast Guard's Bombardier-built Dash-8 maritime patrol plane on the runway.
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 ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/6iVBjyRckB — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 2, 2024
After the collision, Haneda Airport air traffic controller took immediate action and informed pilots that the airport was closed. The airport was closed down for several hours after the incident.
About 110 domestic flights departing and landing at Haneda were canceled for the rest of the day.
The JTSB air accident agency has launched an investigation, to be joined by representatives from France, where the airplane was built, and Britain where its two Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines were manufactured.
Airbus said it was also sending technical advisers.
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