An airliner Japan Airlines collided with a coast guard plane at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, in an accident that left five dead and at least 17 injured.
According to footage from the airport, the accident occurred shortly before 6pm local time (6am in Argentina), when Japan Airlines Flight 516 from Chitose collided with the Guardia plane Coastal a few moments after landing.
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A plane collided with a military plane at Tokyo airport causing a violent fire: five people died.
This caused the commercial plane to catch fire, leaving a trail of flames behind. The timely intervention of the airport firefighters allowed the plane to be evacuated before it was completely consumed. In total youThere were approximately 367 crew and passengers on board. 17 of them were injured.
On the other hand, the plane was preparing to deliver supplies to areas affected by Sunday’s earthquake. Five of its passengers died, while the captain survived, but with serious injuries according to NHK.
A woman in her 20s who was on the crashed plane told NHK: “I thought the plane had landed normally, but then I woke up and saw smoke, I looked out the window and it was on fire. fled, I kept my “I kept my posture low because I had to protect my daughter, and the only thing I could think about was trying not to inhale the smoke. There were a lot of children on the plane,” she said.
The causes of the accident were being investigated.
Source: Clarin
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