A-350 Aircraft In Flames At Tokyo Airport, Splits Into 2: Top Developments

Japan flight fire: Many fire trucks are on site and spraying foam and water on the aircraft to control the blaze

Japan flight fire: An Airbus A350 caught fire after colliding with another plane

New Delhi: A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Airport today after colliding with a coast guard aircraft. Visuals on broadcaster NHK showed the plane moving along the runway before it caught fire.

Here's your cheatsheet on this big story:

  1. All 367 passengers on board the Airbus A350 were evacuated. The plane had just arrived from Sapporo airport on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

  2. There were six people in the coast guard turboprop plane. One was rescued. The rest five were killed in the incident.

  3. Television footage showed flames coming out of windows and the plane's nose on the ground as rescue workers sprayed it. There was also burning debris on the runway.

  4. More than 70 fire engines were being deployed, NHK reported. Japan's Prime Minister has set up an emergency room to coordinate between agencies to control the situation.

  5. The JAL Airbus A350 collided with the turboprop aircraft of Japan's Coast Guard while it was de-accelerating after landing.



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