Video: Terrific Explosion As Jet Collides With Aircraft at Airport But Passengers Make ‘Miracle’ Escape
Terrified passengers were seen running for their lives after a plane erupted in flames when it landed at Tokyo Airport this morning.
Bright orange flames engulfed the Japan Airlines aircraft as it came into Haneda Airport in the Japanese capital. Emergency vehicles raced along the tarmac to deal with the pulsing inferno after the flight collided with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft.
Local TV broadcast images of a large eruption of fire and plumes of thick black smoke billowing into the air as the plane taxied on the runway. The area around the wing – where the engines are situated – then caught fire.
Five of the passengers on the coast guard aircraft have died. The coast guard plane was on its way to deliver desperately-needed aid packages to areas affected by the earthquakes that struck the country yesterday, toppling buildings and leaving countless residents trapped under the rubble.
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The Japan Airlines plane, with the flight number JAL 516, had taken off from Hokkaido, with officials saying there were 379 people on board. All runways at the busy airport are now closed, reports say. One witness recalled seeing a plane “explode” in front of them.
Footage from inside the plane showed the moment the plane burst into flames. (
Image: Twitter)
Another clip showed fire crews trying desperately to get the blaze under control as they doused it with streams of water. The fire had spread to cover most of the plane. Footage from inside the plane showed the moment the plane burst into flames. Passengers were seen evacuating the plane on inflatable slides and racing away from the burning plane, which is now almost entirely-destroyed by the aircraft.
All of the 379 passengers on board were evacuated, Japan Airlines confirmed, as well as the additional 12 crew members. The Captain also managed to escape.
Two hours after the plane landed on the runway, erupting in flames as it collided with a smaller plane, the aircraft and its wreckage are still on fire. The jet is now no more than a gutted shell, with huge smoke plumes continuing to snake into the sky as firefighters desperately try to bring it under control.
The plane engulfed in a ball of flames as it came in to land (
Image: AP)
Anton Deibe, 17, who was travelling on the Japan Airlines plane with his parents and sister, has spoken of the “chaotic” scenes as eathe blaze took hold.
Speaking to the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet, he said: “The entire cabin was filled with smoke within a few minutes,” he told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet.
“We threw ourselves down on the floor. Then the emergency doors were opened and we threw ourselves at them.
“The smoke in the cabin stung like hell. It was a hell. We have no idea where we are going so we just run out into the field. It was chaos.”
Former commercial pilot Roger Whitefield told Sky News: “We have just witnessed a miracle The way they got all those passengers off that aeroplane is almost beyond belief.”
He reported seeing images of smoke pouring our of one of the rear doors, which would’ve made it close to zero visibility. For the crew to get all the passengers out, it’s a miracle. There’s no two ways about it,” he told sky.
The plane, with the flight number JAL 516, had taken off from Hokkaido ( Image: sky)DON’T MISS
Haneda is one of Japan’s busiest airports and a key travel hub for people travelling across the country during the New Year holidays.
It’s the second disaster in recent days to hit the Asian archipelago after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake tore through the country, triggering tsunamis and leaving entire neighbourhoods flattened.
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 checking reports about a collision between its aircraft and the JAL flight on fire. It had no further details.
The fire comes following an incredibly safe year for commercial aviation, as fewer aircraft accidents and deaths were recorded in 2023 than ever before.
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【羽田空港 日本航空の機体が炎上】
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国土交通省東京空港事務所によりますと、羽田空港でJALの旅客機から炎があがっていると聞いているが客が搭乗しているかどうかなどはまだわからない、情報を確認中だと話していました。https://t.co/UGWveQ1hVi#nhk_video pic.twitter.com/s4YDQhcfll
In the previous 12 months, there were only two fatal accidents compared with six in 2022, according to the Independent.
