Two were killed aboard the Japan Coast Guard aircraft colliding with a Japan Airlines airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, media reported Tuesday.
The coast guard plane was carrying relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, public broadcaster NHK reported citing the Japan Coast Guard.
Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines airplane that was in flames have evacuated, NHK reported.
The Japan Airlines Flight 516 heading from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, the report said.
Firefighters are extinguishing the flames, it said.
NHK footage showed a large burst of fire erupted from the side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway and soon the fire engulfed the aircraft.
According to the transport ministry, Haneda Airport has shut down all runways due to the aircraft collision.
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