Japan Airlines flight catches fire after apparent collision with another plane at Haneda airport

Tokyo: A Japan Airlines plane is engulfed in flames after landing on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday evening. Live footage showed passengers fleeing the aircraft using inflatable slides and running away across the tarmac. Japan Airlines says all 379 people on board – passengers and crew – were evacuated .

Fire ripped through the plane which is now nearly completely destroyed as firefighters battle the blaze. There are reports a Japanese coast guard plane collided with the passenger aircraft. The plane had taken off from Hokkaido, in northern Japan.