Japanese airplane A350 fumed in flames after brutally colliding with a Coast Guard aircraft. The incident took place on January 2 at Tokyo’s Haneda airport. The burning airplane had 379 onboarded passengers and crew members while the smaller aircraft had 6 crew members out of which five lost their lives.
The LIVE footage of this horrendous accident depicts the massive fire that was ready to engulf hundreds of passengers and might have charred them to death. All 367 passengers and 12 crew members were evacuated from the fire that destroyed the flying beast into debris. As per the aviation ministry, the JAL A350 was making a normal attempt to land when it collided with the Coast Guard’s aircraft on the runway. There were no reports of engine failure or other issues however the cause is still under investigation.
For all of them, getting out of the burning aircraft and being alive was nothing less than a miracle. “I felt a boom like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed,” a passenger told Kyodo news agency. “I saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke”, said another.
#WATCH via ANI Multimedia | After brutal collision, Japanese airplane with 379 onboard engulfs in flames at Tokyo Airporthttps://t.co/Smp2z6x02Y
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2024
The video shows people choking out of smoke and panicking and screaming for help. The Coast Guard aircraft that saw the loss of five lives, was heading for Japan’s west coast to deliver aid to people stuck in the massive earthquake that jolted Japan on the new year.
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