MIRACLE IN TOKYO: Jumbo Jet Engulfed in Flames, All 379 Passengers and Crew Survive

A massive jumbo jet carrying 379 passengers and crew was engulfed in flames while landing in Tokyo Tuesday. Miraculously, everyone aboard survived the incident.

A passenger plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the tarmac of Tokyo’s busy Haneda Airport on Tuesday, setting the aircraft aflame.

All 379 passengers and the crew of Japan Airlines’s (JAL) Airbus A350 aircraft and its crew escaped before the plane was engulfed by… pic.twitter.com/f3B4AQlayO

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"Japan's challenging start to the year: From a significant earthquake to an airplane catching fire, the nation faces a series of unfortunate events. #Japan2024 #earthquake #aviationsafety" pic.twitter.com/PvGdLzvod5

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Japan plane crash: A Japan Airlines plane caught fire after it collided with a Japanese coast guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, killing five people on the smaller plane. ⁣

The coast guard plane was headed to Niigata to deliver relief goods to residents affected… pic.twitter.com/eUTDXdoePb

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From the New York Times:

A Japan Airlines plane collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft while landing in Tokyo on Tuesday, causing the passenger jet to burst into flames and killing Coast Guard members on the other plane bound for earthquake relief efforts.

The airline said that all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on its plane were safely evacuated at Haneda Airport, according to NHK, the public broadcaster. Five crew members on the Coast Guard plane were killed, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said during a news conference.

The Coast Guard members had been en route to deliver supplies to the region affected by the powerful earthquake that struck western Japan on Monday, Mr. Kishida said.