This is the terrifying moment a Japan Airlines plane bursts into flames after hitting an aircraft on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda airport.
Coast Guard spokesperson Yoshinori Yanagishima confirmed the collision between the Coast Guard aircraft MA722 and the Japan Airlines plane. The 379 passengers and crew on board were safely evacuated.
The pilot has evacuated and contacted officials, but the other five crewmembers are unaccounted-for and the condition of the aircraft is also unknown.
The area around the Local TV video showed a large eruption of fire and smoke from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway.
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Footage an hour later showed the plane entirely engulfed in fire. Flames are seen coming out of the plane's windows and from beneath the aircraft.
"We have just witnessed a miracle," former commercial pilot Roger Whitefield told Sky News.
"The way they got all those passengers off that aeroplane is almost beyond belief," he said. "For the crew to get all the passengers out, it's a miracle. There's no two ways about it," Whitefield added.
It said the plane was an Airbus A-350, JAL flight 516, which had flown out of Shin Chitose airport in Japan to Haneda.
NHK quoted JAL as saying it believed its plane was hit by another aircraft, possibly a Japan Coast Guard plane.
Japan’s Coast Guard said it is investigating the possibility that its MA-722 aircraft might have collided with the JAL flight on the runway. Haneda is one of the busiest airports in Japan, and many people travel over the New Year holidays.
It comes just a day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake tore through the country, triggering tsunamis and leaving entire neighborhoods flattened.
Forty-eight people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa, officials said. Sixteen others were seriously injured, while damage to homes was so great that it could not immediately be assessed, they said.
Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed. Government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said 17 people were seriously injured and gave a slightly lower death tally, while saying he was aware of the prefecture’s tally.
Water, power and cell phone service were still down in some areas, and residents expressed sorrow about their destroyed homes and uncertain futures.