Japan Airlines plane bursts into flames at Tokyo airport with 379 people on board
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A Japan Airlines plane landed while on fire at Haneda Airport on Tuesday.
A Japan Airlines plane was engulfed in flames after landing at Haneda Airport on Tuesday.
The flight, JL516, which was traveling from Chitose, Hokkaido, may have struck a Japan coast guard plane as it was landing, officials told Japanese broadcaster NHK, saying it was a preliminary assessment. The aircraft landed at about 5:47 p.m. local time.
There were 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board when the flight landed, NHK reported. All 379 safely left the plane after it landed, the airline said, according to NHK.
Five people were killed on board the coast guard aircraft, officials said.
Japan Airlines Managing Executive Officer Noriyuki Aoki told reporters they are looking into communications between the aircraft and airport control center, including "checking whether permission for landing was given by the airport control center."
