2024 Haneda Airport runway collision

2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
Japan Airlines Flight 516
Japan Coast Guard DHC-8

The wreckage of the Airbus A350 after the collision
Accident
Date	2 January 2024 (2024-01-02)
Summary	Runway collision, under investigation
Site	Runway 34R, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan 35°32′50″N 139°47′59″E / 35.54722°N 139.79972°E / 35.54722; 139.79972
Total fatalities	5
Total injuries	18
Total survivors	380
First aircraft
JA13XJ, the Japan Airlines Airbus A350-941 involved in the accident, pictured at Haneda Airport in December 2023
Type	Airbus A350-941[Note 2]
Operator	Japan Airlines (JAL)
IATA flight No.	JL516
ICAO flight No.	JAL516
Call sign	JAPAN AIR 516
Registration	JA13XJ
Flight origin	New Chitose Airport, Chitose, Japan
Destination	Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Occupants	379
Passengers	367
Crew	12
Fatalities	0
Injuries	17
Survivors	379
Second aircraft
JA722A, the Japan Coast Guard DHC-8-315Q involved in the accident, pictured at Haneda Airport in October 2023
Type	De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q MPA[Note 1]
Name	Mizunagi-1 (みずなぎ1号)[1]
Operator	Japan Coast Guard
Call sign	JULIET ALPHA 722 ALPHA
Registration	JA722A
Flight origin	Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan
Destination	Niigata Airport, Niigata, Japan
Occupants	6
Crew	6
Fatalities	5
Injuries	1
Survivors	1

On 2 January 2024, a runway collision occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, involving an Airbus A350-900, operating Japan Airlines Flight 516 (JAL516), and a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q300 operated by the Japan Coast Guard (JA722A). Japan Airlines Flight 516 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan, to Haneda Airport in Tokyo. The Coast Guard plane was scheduled to deliver relief supplies a day after the 2024 Noto earthquake.

As Japan Airlines Flight 516 was landing, it collided with the Coast Guard plane,^[2] immediately igniting fires that would destroy both aircraft.^[3] Five of the six crew on board the Dash 8 died in the collision, with only the captain surviving. Everyone on board the A350 survived.^[4] Investigations have determined that Japan Airlines Flight 516 was given landing clearance, while the Coast Guard aircraft did not have permission to be on the runway.^[5][6][7][8]

This incident marked the first major accident and hull loss for Japan Airlines since Flight 123 in 1985, and also the first major accident and hull loss of an Airbus A350.^{[9][10][11][12]}

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