A Japan Airlines A350-900 collided with a Japanese Coast Guard Dash-8 on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. Footage shows a large fireball from the collision on the runway. Miraculously, all 379 passengers on the A350 escaped after the collision. Unfortunately, 5 personnel on the Dash-8 are unaccounted for. The Dash-8 was on a mission to find survivors from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on New Years Day.
Images and video have emerged of the crash including photos on X from some of the passengers who escaped. In the first video, you can see the impact between the A350 and the Dash-8. Additional videos show inside the cabin and the resulting fire. The A350, a composite aircraft, continued to burn after it came to a stop. The aircraft was fully engulfed in flames before being extinguished by rescue personnel.
In the first video, you can see the Dash-8 on the runway at about 2:20 into the video. The explosion then occurs right before the 3:00 mark.
Photo by #JAL pax @wmanzione clearly shows extensive collision damage to #A350 after hitting #Dash8 in a runway incursion at HND today #Japan #aircrash pic.twitter.com/jP7ppZGxu4
— Andreas Spaeth (@SpaethFlies) January 2, 2024
乗客が撮影したとみられる、JAL516便の着陸時の様子です。
— TRAICY（トライシー） (@traicycom) January 2, 2024
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This is the first major accident involving an Airbus A350. We’ll keep this story updated.
