Aircraft fire Haneda (Tokyo)

[Pants]

Coastguard plane was off to deliver earthquake aid apparently :

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-67862184?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=6593e225f825603c1a3816ba%26Coastguard%20plane%20was%20on%20its%20way%20to%20deliver%20earthquake%20aid%20-%20Reuters%262024-01-02T10%3A18%3A01.404Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:31e1640b-1d8b-42b8-ab05-aa15e0c88f0a&pinned_post_asset_id=6593e225f825603c1a3816ba&pinned_post_type=share

 

[Escape Velocity]

Looks like it hit it head on…

https://x.com/wmanzione/status/1742122592503255502?s=46&t=RRf25KP4F8ZFvi1jkB4oig

 

[zwartekat]

No I’m not. They’ve continually mentioned it every 15min or so.

To be honest, before I'd seen the story in detail, I did wonder if there was any connection with the earthquake activity.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

Looks like it hit it head on…

https://x.com/wmanzione/status/1742122592503255502?s=46&t=RRf25KP4F8ZFvi1jkB4oig

Given that the pilot of the other plane is reported to have survived, it looks as though the Dash-8 was on the runway preparing to takeoff and the A350 hit it from behind.

 

[Escape Velocity]

Given that the pilot of the other plane is reported to have survived, it looks as though the Dash-8 was on the runway preparing to takeoff and the A350 hit it from behind.

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[gards2]

Was the A350 landing?

 

[southstander]

Given that the pilot of the other plane is reported to have survived, it looks as though the Dash-8 was on the runway preparing to takeoff and the A350 hit it from behind.

Looks like it.

Japan Airlines says the flight landed at Haneda where it then collided with a coast guard aircraft.

 

[The Lambton Worm]

Five of the coast guard plane crew confirmed dead.

 

[Hongkongphooey]

Incredible that everyone on board the passenger aircraft escaped

 

[Dave Herbal]

Is nobody going mention the Star Wars plane?

 

[Darlo1973]

Incredible that everyone on board the passenger aircraft escaped

Just shows how good safety equipment and evacuation procedures are on commercial airlines these days. Then again, it just takes one person to panic or do something they shouldn't, to block the exit for many others.

 

[Monty Pigeon]

Five dead on the coastguard plane.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1742152970207449159

 

[Darlo1973]

What kind of idiot thinks that they are in a plane about to crash and that the best idea is to get their phone out to record events?

 

[Escape Velocity]

Is nobody going mention the Star Wars plane?

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[bobsleigh]

What kind of idiot thinks that they are in a plane about to crash and that the best idea is to get their phone out to record events?

It's amazing how different human beings react in a scenario like this.

Ultimately, an incredible effort by all the crew on the JAL plane to get everyone off in less than 15 minutes, keeping their cool (and all the passengers who would have ranged in age and state of panic/fear) is an incredible achievement.

Very sad news for the coastguard plane though.

 

[Dave Herbal]

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Ah, should try reading things properly.

 

[Beau Peep]

I know Haneda well and fly JAL a lot, which as an airline, and the crew, are incredibly precise and professional, true to the stereotypes.

A full Airbus has smacked into another plane at little less than touchdown speed, and come out of it with a staved-in nose cone, a torn off landing gear and zero fatalities on that aircraft. This is nothing short of incredible.

 

[David M]

What kind of idiot thinks that they are in a plane about to crash and that the best idea is to get their phone out to record events?

I assume they were recording the landing (like many people do) and just left it running once the incident occurred.

 

[gards2]

I know Haneda well and fly JAL a lot, which as an airline, and the crew, are incredibly precise and professional, true to the stereotypes.

A full Airbus has smacked into another plane at little less than touchdown speed, and come out of it with a staved-in nose cone, a torn off landing gear and zero fatalities on that aircraft. This is nothing short of incredible.

Planes are made of biscuits basically. Slightest hit and it's a complete shitshow. 5 dead, soon to be 6 in the coast guard plane, what would that have been? Prop plane?

Did the collision take out the A350 landing gear?

Terrible anyway, all of it and the ATC staff member who created it will suicide. I can't see this being anything other than an ATC failure

 

[0verlord44]

Planes are made of biscuits basically. Slightest hit and it's a complete shitshow. 5 dead, soon to be 6 in the coast guard plane, what would that have been? Prop plane?

Did the collision take out the A350 landing gear?

Terrible anyway, all of it and the ATC staff member who created it will suicide. I can't see this being anything other than an ATC failure

plenty of runway incursions aren't caused by ATC. Planes are not made of biscuits, its because they tend to be doing speed when they hit something. The A350 in this case, doing around 125-150 knots hit another plane and stayed almost completely structurally sound.

What's your source on the coastguard pilots health condition??