A Japan Airlines plane carrying 367 passengers has burst into flames at Tokyo Haneda airport after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft.
The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) confirmed to CNN that one of its aircraft, likely a fixed-wing MA722, collided with commercial flight 516 on the runway of Haneda airport Tuesday.
One person on the Coast Guard plane escaped, but five are unaccounted for.
A spokesperson from the Japan Coast Guard told CNN that the JCG aircraft was headed from Haneda airport to a JCG airbase in Niigata prefecture to help with relief efforts following the 7.5-magnitude earthquake Monday.
All passengers on the commercial flight — including two under the age of two — and 12 crew members on board were safely evacuated.
Japan Airlines flight 516 was en route from Sapporo to Tokyo Haneda airport when it ignited in flames after landing at 5:47 p.m. local time (3:47 a.m. ET). The airline told CNN it is investigating the details and cause of the fire.
