Japan earthquake relief: Five coastguards dead and passengers evacuated after planes collide at Tokyo airport – latest updates
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5 dead in Japan airport collision
Gavin Blair
A total of five people who were on a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport have died as a result of a collision with a passenger plane, police confirmed, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Six people were on the coast guard aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8, which was part of earthquake relief efforts.
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Watch footage from Tokyo’s Haneda airport, where a passenger plane and coastguard aircraft collided earlier today.
Rahm Emanuel, the American ambassador to Japan, has praised “the professionalism of the flight attendants, crew, and emergency responders who successfully evacuated and saved the lives of all 367 passengers on the JAL flight”.
Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the plane accident at Haneda Airport, especially the missing Japanese Coast Guard personnel who were on their way to help the victims of yesterday’s Ishikawa earthquake. As we await more information, we commend the…
— ラーム・エマニュエル駐日米国大使 (@USAmbJapan) January 2, 2024
5 dead in Japan airport collision
Gavin Blair
A total of five people who were on a coast guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport have died as a result of a collision with a passenger plane, police confirmed, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Six people were on the coast guard aircraft, a Bombardier Dash-8, which was part of earthquake relief efforts.
4 dead in Tokyo airport collison
Gavin Blair
4 people who were on coastguard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane at Japan’s Haneda airport are now confirmed dead.
One person is badly injured.
A total of six people were on the coastguard aircraft.
Here’s a map showing the flight path of the Japan Airlines passenger plane that caught fire after landing at Haneda airport, where it appeared to collide with a coastguard aircraft.
Citing the Tokyo Fire Department, NHK reports that one crew member of the coastguard aircraft was evacuated and the remaining five have been found, but their condition is not known at this stage.
Here are more photos from Tokyo’s Haneda airport.
A Japan Airlines plane appears to have collided with a coastguard aircraft after landing.
Passengers from the Japan Airlines flight evacuated.
Five coastguard members remain missing.
Gavin Blair
The coast guard plane that appears to have collided with a Japan Airlines passenger plane today was part of Japan’s earthquake relief efforts, carrying supplies to Niigata airport.
Here’s what we know at this point on the incident at Tokyo’s Haneda airport:
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A Japan Airlines passenger plane carrying 379 people appears to have collided with a coastguard aircraft with six people on board.
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All 379 people on the Japan Airlines plane have been evacuated.
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Five out of the six coastguard members are unaccounted for.
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Footage shows the passenger plane on fire on a runway at Haneda airport.
Five coastguard members missing after plane collision
Gavin Blair
Six people were on board a Japan Coast Guard aircraft thought to have collided with a Japan Airlines plane now on fire at Haneda airport.
Only one of the people on the Coast Guard plane is confirmed to have escaped, while the remaining five are currently unaccounted for.
A total of 379 passengers and crew members on the Japan Airlines plane that caught fire landing at Haneda Airport have reportedly been evacuated, NHK reports.
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