Tokyo plane crash investigation

Police and transport officials are investigating the cause of a fatal collision between a passenger jet and a smaller Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport


Burnt out remains of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516


Shin Chitose
Sea of Japan
Tokyo
JAPAN


Investigation focusing on communication between air traffic control and both aircraft

1 Airbus A350 approaches runway for landing

2 Coast Guard De Havilland Dash-8 taxies for take-off

3 Planes collide, killing five people on board Coast Guard plane

4 All 379 passengers and crew evacuate safely before plane is consumed by fire

1km 0.6 miles
HANEDA AIRPORT
Control Tower
Tokyo Bay

TOKYO
Tokyo Bay


Sources: AP, BBC, New York Times 
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