On the evening of January 2, an Airbus A350 aircraft of Japan Airlines taking off from Sapporo New Chitose Airport was landing at Haneda Airport when it collided with a Coast Guard turboprop aircraft preparing to take off on the runway and caught fire. All 379 passengers and crew members of the passenger plane were safely evacuated, and 5 people were killed and 1 person seriously injured on the Coast Guard aircraft.
On January 7, next to the runway of Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, staff were cleaning up the scene of the collision accident. Xinhua/AP
On January 7, next to the runway of Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, staff were cleaning up the scene of the collision accident. Xinhua/AP
On January 7, next to the runway of Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, staff were cleaning up the scene of the collision accident. Xinhua/AP
This is the wreckage of a Japanese Airlines Airbus A350 passenger plane photographed in a hangar at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on January 7. Xinhua/AP
This is the wreckage of a Japanese Airlines Airbus A350 passenger plane photographed in a hangar at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on January 7. Xinhua/AP