Moment Japan Airlines plane evacuated after explosion in Tokyo

Almost 400 people have been rescued from a Japan Airlines plane which was engulfed by flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda airport. 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 struck a coastguard plane set to deliver aid to the earthquake-hit Noto peninsula. Five of the six people aboard the smaller aircraft died, local media reported. All passengers and crew on JAL516 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 #planecrash #haneda