TOKYO
\nAll 379 people aboard a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane escaped the burning airliner after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo\u2019s Haneda airport that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft on Tuesday.
\nLive footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the JAL (9201.T) Airbus (AIR.PA) A350 airliner burst into flames as it skidded down the tarmac shortly before 6 p.m. (0900 GMT).
\n\u201cI felt a boom like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed,\u201d a passenger told Kyodo news agency. \u201cI saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke.\u201d
\nAll 367 passengers and 12 crew were evacuated from the blaze which destroyed the airliner.
\nAt least 17 people on it were injured, NHK reported, citing the Tokyo Fire Department.
\nTransport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that five of the Coast Guard aircraft\u2019s crew had died while the captain of the plane had been injured.
\nA ministry official told a press briefing the JAL plane was attempting to land normally when it collided with the Coast Guard\u2019s Bombardier-built Dash-8 maritime patrol plane on the runway.
\nThere had been no reports of engine or other problems on the airliner before the landing, the official said.
\nThe Coast Guard said its plane was headed to Niigata on Japan\u2019s west coast to deliver aid to those caught up in a powerful earthquake that struck on New Year\u2019s Day, killing at least 55 people.
\nA JAL official told a press briefing it was the airline\u2019s understanding that the flight had received permission to land, although he added that exchanges with flight control were still under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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