A catastrophic incident unfolded at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport involving an Airbus A350 of Japan Airlines Flight 516 and the Japan Coast Guard Forces’ (JCG) MA-722 aircraft. The collision resulted in the tragic loss of 5 JCG crew members, while the pilot sustained severe injuries. The JCG plane was en route to deliver aid supplies to Niigata Airport following a recent 7.6 magnitude earthquake globally.
As a response, all runways at Haneda Airport were promptly closed, and an emergency task force was established at the Japanese Prime Ministry Crisis Management Center. Meanwhile, the 379 passengers and crew aboard the Japan Airlines plane were successfully evacuated.