VIDEO: Japan Airlines Plane Crash Lands, Bursts into Flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport – 5 Reported Dead

An incoming commercial flight at Tokyo’s Haneda airport burst into flames on Tuesday after colliding with a Coast Guard plane, killing five Coast Guard crewmembers. 

All 379 passengers reportedly escaped the flaming commercial airplane.

One user on X posted firsthand footage from inside the plane, commenting, “I thought I was going to die.”

死ぬかと思った pic.twitter.com/S7rDPmyssl

— あ (@alto_maple) January 2, 2024

Watch more footage of the collision below.

Fox News reports,

A thick plume of black smoke rose over an airport runway in Japan on Tuesday after a Japanese aircraft collided with a coast guard aircraft and burst into flames, local media reported.

Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed Japan Airlines passenger plane JAL-516 on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport with flames coming out of its windows. Shortly after, the plane was entirely consumed.

The coast guard aircraft pilot escaped, but the five crewmembers were killed, NHK reported. An official confirmed that a Bombardier Dash-8 Coast Guard plane was involved in the collision.

Photos from Fox:

Firefighters work at Haneda International Airport after Japan Airlines’ A350 airplane caught on fire,  in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.  (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

Japan Airlines’ A350 airplane is on fire at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024.  (REUTERS/Issei Kato)

A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.   (Kyodo News via AP)

Watch the collision below:

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