Japan Airlines fire: A plane burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday, with news reports saying it hit another aircraft after landing. NHK TV reported that all passengers aboard, believed to have been about 400 people, got out safely.
Images on national broadcaster NHK show the plane engulfed in flames.
Reuters reported Japan Airlines flight may have crashed with a Japanese Coast Guard plane.
Japan Airlines' A350 airplane is on fire at Haneda international airport in Tokyo
Luckily, Japan Airlines says all 379 passengers and crew on board have been evacuated.
The aircraft is now almost entirely destroyed by the flames - with air crews still battling to bring it under control.
NHK say one person onboard the coastguard plane escaped, while the other five remain unaccounted for.
Japan's coast guard says its aircraft - which is thought to have collided- was on its way to Niigata Airport to deliver aid to the earthquake.
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