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Planes collide and catch fire at Japan's busy Haneda airport, killing 5

A Japan Airlines plane is on fire on the runway of Haneda airport on Tuesday in Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP)

TOKYO (AP) — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said.

All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 got out safely before the Airbus A350 was fully engulfed in flames, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed.

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