fox news alert. shocking footage out of japan. right now, firefighters are battling a raging fire after japan airlines flight burst into flames on the runway at tokyo international airport. steve: folks, these are live pictures right now that we were just looking at. here s a little play back as you can see. the plane the video shows the plane erupting at the tarmac while it was taxiing. 367 passengers and 12 crew members evacuated safely. japan s coast guard confirming that commercial flight was involved in a collision with a japanese coast guard plane that could be where this ignition came from. and reuters is now reporting five of the six members aboard the coast guard aircraft are unaccounted for. an investigation is underway. we are going to keep you updated on this breaking story throughout our morning. griff: you just stay on that shot for a second though. it is remarkable that anyone survived that. ainsley: almost 400 people survived, griff. fiscal cliff. gr
In FAA report, an air traffic controller is heard informing the pilot that "one of your nose tires just came off, it just rolled off the runway behind you."
survived that. ainsley: almost 400 people survived, griff. fiscal cliff. griff: the plane almost engulfed in flames. steve: when is the last time you saw a plane like that on fire? usually when there is an aviation mishap. you don t see something like that. this is extraordinary. this is just from within the last hour. and you can see the escaped chute there leading out of that jumbo jet. but just imagine. and it does sound as if there was some sort of an incident with the coast guard plane just before this happened. so, you know, as it s obviously 12 hours ahead of us. we should know more details a little later on. griff: it s frightening to see this, too. as we are showing you on the screen, a possible collision with a commercial plane. and we have had so many close, excuse me, near misses at our own airports in the country. it s really got to make you think about that. ainsley: some images where it