Accident | |
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Date | 2 January 2024 |
Summary | Runway collision during landing; under investigation |
Site | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan 35°32′50″N 139°47′59″E / 35.54722°N 139.79972°E |
First aircraft | |
JA13XJ, the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 involved, pictured in 2022 | |
Type | Airbus A350-941 |
Operator | Japan Airlines |
IATA flight No. | JL516 |
ICAO flight No. | JAL516 |
Registration | JA13XJ |
Flight origin | New Chitose Airport, Sapporo, Japan |
Destination | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
Occupants | 379 |
Passengers | 367 |
Crew | 12 |
Fatalities | 0 |
Injuries | 15 |
Survivors | 379 (All) |
Second aircraft | |
JA722A, the Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 involved in the accident, pictured in 2021 | |
Type | DHC-8-315 Dash 8 |
Operator | Japan Coast Guard |
Registration | JA722A |
Flight origin | Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
Destination | Niigata Airport, Niigata, Japan |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Injuries | 1 |
Survivors | 1 |
On 2 January 2024, Japan Airlines Flight 516 was involved in an accident when it collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft while landing at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Both planes caught fire after the impact.[1][2] On the Japan Airlines plane, all of the 379 people on board got out safely.[3][4] The Japan Coast Guard plane had 6 people, but 5 of them died, leaving 1 survivor.[5] In total, 380 people survived. This is the first major accident and hull loss of an Airbus A350.
The Japan Airlines plane involved was an Airbus A350-941, registration JA13XJ, made in 2021, with two Rolls-Royce engines. The Japan Coast Guard plane was a De Havilland Canada Dash 8, registered as JA722A.
Japan Airlines Flight 516 left New Chitose Airport in Sapporo at 16:27 JST, and around 17:47, it collided with a Japan Coast Guard Dash 8 while landing at Haneda Airport. The Coast Guard plane was getting ready to deliver supplies to Niigata after the 2024 Noto earthquake.[6]