Japan airlines fire: Twelve Australians on board passenger jet that collided with coast guard plane
- Twelve Australians on board a Japanese plane
- Passenger plane collided with Coast Guard flight
Twelve Australians were reportedly on board a Japan Airlines flight when it collided with a coast guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Emergency Situations Minister Murray Watt revealed that at least a dozen of the 379 people involved in the clash were from Australia.
“I know Japan is quite a popular tourist destination for Australians at this time of year. “I understand there were about 12 Australian passengers on those planes when the plane crash occurred, but no one was injured,” he told Sky News.
Twelve Australians were reportedly on board the Japan Airlines plane when it collided with a coast guard plane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Shocking footage showed the Japan Airlines plane being engulfed by a raging fire as it stood on the runway of Haneda Airport in Ota City, Tokyo, with flames pouring from the passenger windows.
A spokesperson for Japan Airlines told Japanese broadcaster NHK that all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board JAL Flight 516 Airbus A-350 had been successfully evacuated from the stricken aircraft at the time of the explosion.