Five dead and 379 evacuated after two planes collide at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport
A collision Tuesday between a commercial airliner and a Coast Guard plane killed five people and forced the evacuation of all 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines flight at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, Japanese authorities confirmed.
→ Polar Airlines plane lands on frozen river by mistake
The event occurred when Japan Airlines Flight 516, operated by an Airbus A350, from Sapporo (in northern Japan) collided with the Coast Guard aircraft upon landing at 17:47 at Haneda, one of the two international airports serving the Japanese capital.
Of the 379 occupants of the Japan Airlines plane (367 passengers and 12 crew members) who were evacuated, 17 have been injured, while of the six occupants of the Coast Guard aircraft, only the captain, who is seriously injured, has managed to survive.
Related Topics
Edelweiss Begins Fleet Modernization with Arrival of First Airbus A320neo
KLM’s First Airbus A350 Enters Final Assembly Line in Toulouse
Lufthansa Joins Air France-KLM in Bidding for TAP Air Portugal; IAG Withdraws from Process
Ryanair Carried 15.8 Million Passengers in March, 5% Increase
Plataforma Informativa de Aviación Comercial con 13 años de trayectoria.