5 Of 6 Coast Guard Crew On Plane Japan Flight Hit Are Missing: Report

The Japan Airlines plane was in flames after the collision at Haneda airport. All 379, including eight children and 12 crew members, on board the Airbus plane have been evacuated.

Five of the six people on the Coast Guard plane that reportedly collided with a Japan Airlines plane today are unaccounted for, broadcaster NHK said. "There were 6 people in the aircraft, of which one escaped, and the safety of five people is unknown,” the Japan Coast Guard told NHK.

The Coast Guard aircraft was an Ma72 fixed-wing aircraft, it said.

The Japan Airlines plane was in flames after the collision at Haneda airport.  All 379, including eight children and 12 crew members, on board the Airbus plane have been evacuated.