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.
Details
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.
Recall
The death toll
death toll from the powerful earthquake in Japan has risen to nearly 50as rescuers searched for survivors trapped in the rubble.
rescuers searched for survivors trapped in the rubble.