The cause of the plane crash that occurred this morning at Tokyo-Haneda airport in Japan has been confirmed. The Airbus A-350/900 aircraft (registration JA13XJ) of the Japan Airlines company was consumed by flames after colliding, immediately after landing, with a de Havilland Dash 8/315Q aircraft (registration JA722A) of the Japanese Coast Guard which was carrying out the taxiing.

Japanese Airlines confirmed to international media that all 379 people on board (367 passengers and 12 crew members) of the A-350/900, including "eight children under the age of two", were evacuated safely. However, the national authorities confirm the presence of victims on the second plane, the one operated by the Japan Coast Guard: at least five people lost their lives.

According to the most recent reconstruction of the accident, the Japan Airlines plane had just landed on runway 34R of Tokyo-Haneda airport when suddenly, for reasons still under investigation, it collided with the DHC-8, causing the landing gear to collapse, and the plane ended its journey in the flames. The Japanese Coast Guard aircraft, which was preparing to take off for Niigata airport, was transporting basic necessities to earthquake victims on the Noto peninsula.

On the same topic, see also the article published by AVIONEWS.