good morning it our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, january 2, 2024 and we begin with breaking news. japan airlines plane bursting into flames as it touched down at haneda airport according to nhk. cnn s will ripley is live for us in tokyo. will, this just happened. information still coming in. what can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers an
What a relief to know that the passengers are off this plane safely. my understanding is the airport is now closed. how much traffic comes through haneda and how many people will see something like this and think wow, that could have been me? reporter: i flew in just a couple hours ago from the other airport that serves the metropolitan area which is about a 90 minute drive from here. haneda is right in the city, it is very convenient and usually my airport of choice when i m working from this area. this is also where our cnn tokyo bureau is located. i ve flown into this airport many times. it is busy, a lovely airport and they are very meticulous about safety which is why that they will really be digging into what caused this, was it some sort of a miscommunication with the air traffic control tower, how did these two planes in such a safety conscious nation that has never even had a single fatal it i got bullet trains that they have been running since the
Dramatic developing story, leader of south korea s main opposition party is in the hospital with suspected damage to his jugular vein after he was stabbed in the neck during a news conference. we want to warn you this video is disturbing. [ speaking in a non-english language ] officials say that lee was bloody but conscious after the attack which happened during a tour of a construction airport for a new airport. marc stewart is live for us at south korea seoul national university hospital. marc, good morning to you. the opposition leader set to undergo surgery to repair the damage from the attack? reporter: a bit of a mystery right now. we were told by hospital officials that there would be a news conference once lee wrapped upsurgery and was recovering. but now that news conference has
What can you tell us at this hour? reporter: the headline here is that all nearly 400 people on board this plane, as horrific as the pictures look, they walked away. they evacuated safely after what appears to be some sort of a collision between two planes on the runway. this airport sits right next to a japan coast guard base. it is right in the same area right along the bay. and what nhk is reporting and cnn working to confirm independently is that as this japan airliner from a very, very popular tourist destination especially this time of year, especially on a holiday weekend, that is why the plane was packed with 367 passengers and 12 crew members, it touched down at hane haneda airport, scheduled about to minu
Different airport. haneda is probably my favorite airport in tokyo because it is so convenient. and for these passengers that were coming from that tourist spot, likely a lot of international tourists on that flight because it is a popular place to visit especially during the winter months. people love to ski, they love to take tours of the brewery and just experience the beautiful nature up there. basically these flights come here to haneda, one of the major airports, and a then they will move on to other international airports. so a lot of questions for people who survived something that looked unsurvivable and yet almost 400 of them, they are all alive. thank god. will ripley, thank you very much for your reporting. we ll let you get to it. now we want to go to another