Aviation

Japan Airlines Airbus jet on fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport

All 379 passengers and crew on board the A350-900 passenger jet were safely evacuated

An Airbus SE A350 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines Co. caught fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo following a ground collision with a smaller plane. Picture: Reuters

An Airbus SE A350 aircraft operated by Japan Airlines caught fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo following a ground collision with a smaller plane, with all on board able to escape before the widebody was destroyed by the flames.

The 379 passengers and crew on board the A350-900 passenger jet were safely evacuated, an airline spokesperson said. Five of six crew on a Japanese coast guard plane that collided with the bigger jetliner were unaccounted ...