to them in the past four years. our asia reporter suranjana tewari is in tokyo. she gave me the latest details on the incident. what we saw was a japan airlines passenger plane coming in to land on the runway at haneda international airport. as it was landing it seem to collide with something and create a big explosion and then it continued down the runway and it was still on fire before coming to a stop. that fire has now spread significantly throughout the aircraft. the passenger aircraft, that is. and it did leave behind that is. and it did leave behind that other explosion. the coastguard has confirmed that there was a collision with one of its planes, a smaller plane, and the coastguard
we re not getting a ton of information from japanese officials. but according to local video, from local tv stations, you can see this large eruption of fire and smoke from the side of that passenger aircraft. not long after the plane is just engulfed in flames. the ap is quoting a passenger who escaped the plane, he says that quickly this cabin fills up with smoke, the emergency doors open, passengers shoot out as fast as they can, they re on the tarmac running, he says, running to this nearby field. he describes this chaotic scene. and also, you know, it is worth noting that japan s transport minister, not releasing a lot of details about this investigation, but says that coast guard flight was heading to deliver needed aid to those victims of the earthquake on the western coast of the country. japanese officials are saying that despite this tragedy, they re still trying to do everything they can to prevent any delays in making it to those people who are in desperate need. just so
who s in tokyo for us. it s been about 90 minutes since these images started to come into us. what we saw was a japan airlines passenger plane. coming into land at the airport. as it was landing it seemed to collide with something and create a big explosion. and then continued down the runway and it was still on fire before coming to a stop. that fire is now spread significantly throughout the aircraft, the passenger aircraft. and it left behind the other explosion. the coast guard has confirmed there was a collision with one of its planes, a smaller plane. in the coast guard has confirmed to the bbc it is investigating the incident. the commission, the
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