Watch dwell: Japan aircraft wreckage to be removed following airport collision

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Authorities at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport start removing of aircraft wreckage on Friday, 5 January, that burned from a aircraft collision.

The Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet collided with a Coast Guard turboprop on the runway whereas touchdown in Tokyo on Tuesday.

All 379 passengers escaped earlier than the aircraft was engulfed in flames. The Metropolitan Police Department of Tokyo stated 5 crew members of the coastguard aircraft MA722 have been killed.

Officials goal to full the removing of the wreckage by 7 January and it’ll be taken to its hangar, the place the aircraft will be inspected by the police.