Guwahati: A Japan Airlines plane caught fire on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday after apparently colliding with a coast guard aircraft.
All 367 passengers on board were safely evacuated.
The cause of the incident is not yet clear, but television reports said that the Airbus plane collided with a coast guard aircraft.
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The plane had just arrived from Sapporo airport on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
A Coast Guard official at Haneda Airport confirmed that their aircraft was involved in the incident, but did not say whether there was a collision.
Television footage showed flames coming out of windows and the plane’s nose on the ground as rescue workers sprayed it. There was also burning debris on the runway.
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More than 70 fire engines were deployed to the scene.
Japan has not suffered a serious commercial aviation accident in decades. Its worst ever was in 1985, when a JAL jumbo jet flying from Tokyo to Osaka crashed in the central Gunma region, killing 520 passengers and crew.