The police reports the deaths of five coast guard officers who were on board one of the planes that collided on the runway of Tokyo's Haneda Haneda Airport in Tokyo; the captain of the plane managed to abandon the aircraft. This was reported was reported by UNN with reference to Kyodo News.
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The Japanese police report that five of the six people on board the Japanese Coast Guard plane that collided with a Coast Guard plane that collided with a passenger airliner - as a result of the collision two planes caught fire. Another pilot was reportedly seriously injured. According to media reports, the Coast Guard wanted to use the plane to transport materials to the earthquake zone on the west coast of Japan.
Earlier, the airline Japan Airlines announced that all 367 passengers on board the the passenger jetliner were taken off the plane. There is no information about possible of the victims is not yet available.
According to the Haneda Airport spokesman, all runways at the airport are closed after the incident.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed the relevant ministers to make every effort to investigate the accident quickly. investigation of the disaster, and promised to provide information about the accident to the public in an appropriate manner.
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