All runways at Tokyo's Haneda airport closed after Japan Airlines plane catches fire

All runways have been closed at Tokyo's Haneda airport, after a Japan Airlines plane caught fire. The Airbus A350 had collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft, reportedly on its way to deliver aid to quake-hit areas in central Japan. NHK said five coast guard members have been confirmed dead. More than 70 fire engines were deployed to put out the blaze. All 396 passengers and crew on board flight JL516 survived. One traveller CNA spoke to said the situation at Haneda is calm, even as hundreds of passengers were left stranded due to the flight delays.
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[@tinachan7013]

I think it's only possible because majority of the passengers are probably Japanese, they take evacuation instruction seriously. I had seen a flight evacuation video of a different airline where passengers were busy taking hand luggage out, luckily the plane was not so seriously damaged so everyone got out.

[@robocop581]

What about the incident? That was surely caused by human error. If they had done their jobs properly this tragedy would not have happened

[@LG141602]

If the people in tower control were actually doing their job this wouldn't have happened. You're deviating truth with nonsense. All plane personal knows what to do. You're praising them. What about the tower control people? Talk about those. Let's see how their training and professionalism speaks hahaha.

[@angelofmercy6139]

⁠@@LG141602how would u know if it’s the air traffic controller. How’d u know it’s not one of the coast guard pilots on the Japan airlines pilots? Nobody knows yet how this incident occurred so it’s better you don’t spread false information and say it’s the ATC fault. Cause u have no clue. I don’t either

[@robocop581]

@@angelofmercy6139 You don't get his point. The first comment is highlighting Japanese efficiency in leaving a plane yet it was a Japanese man made error that caused the accident. All you people see is how Japanese people do things so much better yet there was an obvious human error that caused the accident

[@angelofmercy6139]

@robocop581 ohhhhh ok I see the point now. My bad

[@Afc1987]

Stay strong japan big ❤ from London 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@brookejackson2693]

The CREW are to thank for this miracle. Well trained and kept their cool even in an event like this. Well done flight attendants!!

[@c8Lorraine1]

Took 18 minutes to evacuate the plane. Flight crew did hesitate before deciding to do their job.

[@c8Lorraine1]

Nine day public holiday for all Japanese. Chances are that all airport staff and pilots were tired and overworked

[@turkishmusashi7425]

Stay strong Japan, you will come back stronger than ever. Turkiye is ready to support you we are brothers 🙏🏼🇹🇷🇯🇵

[@bongney4915]

😢ផ

[@takam0070]

Thank you so so much from Japan😂

[@pegasisjar1708]

Stay Strong, Japan

[@hbhb7900]

I wonder how fast the average American flight could evacuate these days, when there would be people of size, blocking the aisles. That should be a real concern for anyone flying.

[@helenpauls1496]

Chaos and impossible I’d imagine!

[@40NoNameFound-100-years-ago]

passengers will be running over each other. One example that comes to my mind is the black Friday..... On that day people hit each other just to get a thing, Tv, a cell phone...etc. Imagine those people fighting for their lives..... I believe The casualties would be huge....not from the accident itself but from the pushing of people. Back to the Japanese passengers,...their mindset is already prepared for following orders...not to mention that they are so organized .

[@grtinfulleffect8349]

Still number one. COPE.

[@hakao5555]

Pointing out that this was also a domestic configuration of the A350 where seat pitches are smaller to fit almost 400 passengers on a plane what would typically be 250 seats in other parts of the world. Miracles of Japanese orderliness and mindset in considering the benefit of the pack engrained since we're young really pays off.

[@Afc1987]

Aircraft are so strong engineering excellence what a miracle how those passengers and crew survived

[@japjungho4645]

Seems like Japan has got out from the wrong side of the bed this year.

[@bobchan_08]

日本人です。新年早々悲しいニュースを世界中に届けてしまうことになり本当に申し訳ございません。 昨日の地震や今回の航空機事故といい、日本には不運が続いておりますが必ず復興復旧します。前向きに生きていく我々日本をどうかどうか応援してください。ありがとうございます。

[@JapoNe-ze]

pray for japan

[@ogapadoga2]

🇸🇬❤️🇯🇵

[@Raveent]

🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤

[@dani-zm9mx]

you dont have to say sorry, hope fast recovery for japan 🙏

[@Trinetra3382]

きっと世界中の人は日本が連続な不運から立ち直るように祈ります。

[@sweetcherry7759]

Japanese are raised better and their schools ran better than the US, people in the US would be so rude, angry and panicked if this happened here-

[@cocaineminor4420]

Well Asia value education America value drugs , guns etc

[@cocaineminor4420]

We are totally the opposite and different culture

[@user-ij4se7sw2g]

RIP to all the crew members who passed away due to plane crash

[@winterowl5492]

Di Jepang suasana tetap tenang meski banyak pesawat delay dan tidak ada penerbanagn..

[@katiem6773]

Sending hugs and love to Japan.

[@takam0070]

Thank u so so much from Japan😂

[@isaacmacdonald6530]

The Aircraft Actually has 8 Exits. The Aircraft type is an Airbus A350-900.

[@slej2502]

Only 4 out of 8 emergency exits were deployed. Evacuating 380 people in 90 secs is an amazing feat!

[@XvKorus]

@@slej2502 90 second is crazy they are trained well

[@jungbolosse3034]

​@@XvKorusi would evacuate in 5 seconds

[@XvKorus]

@@jungbolosse3034 amazing man 👏

[@Papershields001]

34r is shut down and lots of flights out of Haneda cancelled. The other runways have been reopened tho and a small number of planes are getting out at the moment.

[@richardthompson927]

How shallow and sick this report- he is so delayed is his concern while 5 people burned to death

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

I got back from Japan in september and had my doubts whether an earthquake would occur but never would have thought that it'd happen only 3 months after leaving.

[@3252fly]

From this elder, with 40 years of dealing with disasters. = PLEASE remember the UNSEEN HEROS = The tower controllers dealing with many in the sky holding with fuel running out!

[@dangimer3919]

Every flight plan includes an alternative airport with more than enough fuel to get there. Narita is only about 50 miles by air. Some flights may have landed at Toyama and Shizuoka if NRT got overcrowded with extra aircraft.

[@papa-dt1cv]

not sure it time to install any innovative "underfloor HD cameras" along runways for air controllers to allow them or AI systems to see/flag any risks at any locations and at any time since it is hard to have lamppoles on roadways.

[@KQ0909]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dineliaencarnacion7870]

so sad

[@LoveLove-pn7kt]

🙏😞❤️🇯🇵 3. January.2024 I would like to express my condolences to those who lost their lives in the earthquake in Japan and those who died and were injured in the plane fire. of Japanese airlines this time!🙏😞❤️🇯🇵 🙏😞❤️🇯🇵 3. 2024年1月 日本の地震で命を落とされた方々、そして飛行機火災で亡くなられ負傷された方々に哀悼の意を表したいと思います。今回は日本の航空会社の紹介です！🙏😞❤️🇯🇵

[@may-ky6jl]

There were 8 babies in the JAL.

[@bemyguess1636]

What’s going on in Japan country? It’s a sign which is not really good.

[@nagendrarai462]

Stay safe

[@liar-liar]

Must be a bad dragon year

[@thepodbaydoorshal]

What’s James Franco doing over there?

[@deemisquadis9437]

The universe works in Mysterious ways. Stopping all flights, there is a huge bunch of sun flares coming in. Stay on the ground. ❤

[@bradrothberg5863]

runway incursion by Coast Guard plane, crew paid the ultimate price. ATC, is this your issue? Was there a language issue??i have a suspicion that the English requirements were not met by the CG crew.

[@antoni-nv7nj]

According to Wikipedia, the Coast Guard plane "was not equipped with an ADS-B transponder". In other words, it was basically rendered invisible to the Japan Airlines aircraft and vice versa. As for why the Coast Guard aircraft decided to taxi into the runway instead of holding short (as instructed by the ATC), I agree with your opinions on the language-related issues.

[@christiancostantino7220]

​@antoni-nv7njBut then it raises another issue. Surely the pilots of the 350 would be able to see the plane when coming in, initiating a go around? I think it would be their fault too, if that were the case, rendering all 3 parties at fault

[@franklee663]

What happened to Japan whom has been reknowned for accurate timing of trains to the very second.

[@6lemans10]

Month long vacation??? Rich and highly skilled people can take a month long vacations.

[@yasheng]

The guest is a bit out of touch by repeatedly claiming excellency.

[@BlueTaurianBull]

World should learn from Japan .. if it was US or Europe people would be COMPLAINING ...

[@khaledgendy3898]

All the good luck for a successful news station Of course Japan and Japanese air port control are the first leader by jal co. It is the first all over the world ......every thing every second is under human been control thanks for what they believe of

[@trs3852]

😆

[@youtubet3e416]

Wow a month vacation in Japan. Damn rich dude. I wonder why company still need him if they can work without him. I think it doesn’t matter even if he stuck there for one more year.

[@6lemans10]

Month long vacation??? Rich and highly skilled people can take a month long vacations.

[@SassaFrass28]

Exactly

[@SassaFrass28]

@@6lemans10not needed too much, if a month away is no big deal

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