Moment Japan Airlines plane explodes on landing in Tokyo

A plane carrying almost 400 people has caught fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport. Televised images on Tuesday showed a large burst of fire erupt from the side of a Japan Airlines plane as it landed. Initial reports claim that JAL flight 516, an Airbus A-350, was travelling from Shin Chitose airport, near Sapporo, the capital of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, when it apparently struck a Coast Guard plane. Five of the six people aboard the smaller aircraft are unaccounted for, local media reported. Later video showed fire crews working to put out the blaze. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely, according to NHK, the local broadcaster. A total of 379 people were on board — 367 passengers and 12 crew members. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #japan #haneda #tokyo #planecrash