New Delhi: Just a day after Earthquake-triggered Tsunami create havoc in Japan, a Japanese aircraft with more than 350 people got engulfed in fire on Tuesday, creating fresh chaos & panic.
The inferno broke out after a Japanese airlines plane reportedly collided with a coast guard plane at Tokyo-Hanefa airport.
Several videos of the blaze on airport surfaced on social media. Many local publications shared the footage of frightening inferno that engulfed the entire plane.
BREAKING: Japan airlines plane now completely engulfed in flames at Tokyo Airport. All passengers reportedly survived in the accident pic.twitter.com/wXCaYcs7Ca
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) January 2, 2024
A Japan Airlines aircraft is on fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Officials are extinguishing the flames.https://t.co/EF2UuSOVHs pic.twitter.com/hFlaYyu751
— NHK WORLD News (@NHKWORLD_News) January 2, 2024
Japan Airlines plane in flames on runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after hitting a smaller plane on the tarmac upon landing. pic.twitter.com/naN81li07E
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 2, 2024
Emergency services have been pressed into service and fire extinguishers are trying to douse the flame. According to reports, the plane got severely charred due to collision-induced fire.
A local daily claimed, Japan Airlines Airbus A 350 with 367 people on board collided with Japanese coast guard plane, during landing at Tokyo-Haneda airport.
Latest reports claim that all the passengers have been rescued, though it was a close shave for all.
The New Year hasn’t been welcoming for Japan as the two consecutive days of 2024 have brought 2 consecutive disasters for the country. On January 1, 2004, over 7.5 magnitude quake triggered Tsunami in the coastal regions of
Japan and today’s plane burning incident came as a fresh frightening experience.
Tsunami waves left huge population of Japan’s coastal region displaced from their residence while many lost lives in the catastrophe.
