A Japan Airlines A350 plane caught fire at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan on January 2 (Photo: Reuters).
A Japan Airlines plane caught fire while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo after colliding with another plane on the afternoon of January 2, NHK reported.
All 367 passengers and eight children and 12 crew on board the Airbus SE A350-900 were safely evacuated, an airline spokesman said.
Plane carrying nearly 400 people caught fire on the runway in Japan
Flight JL516 previously took off from New Chitose Airport near Sapporo at 4:27 p.m. local time and landed at 5:47 p.m. (3:47 p.m. Vietnam time), according to FlightRadar24.
Airbus said it had contacted the airline but had no further information at this time.
NHK quoted the Japan Coast Guard as saying that its aircraft at its Haneda base collided with the plane that crashed. NHK added that the collision occurred after the Japan Airlines plane landed on the runway.
NHK added that Haneda Airport was closed after the accident. It is one of the busiest airports in Japan and was packed with people traveling during the New Year holidays.
Live NHK television footage showed flames coming from the window of a Japan Airlines plane.
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