A Japan Airlines Co. airplane collided with one belonging to the Japan Coast Guard at Tokyo's Haneda airport Tuesday, with both aircraft catching fire, though all 379 onboard the commercial flight escaped without life-threatening injuries.

The JAL plane was arriving from Sapporo with 367 passengers on board, including eight children, JAL said. The conditions of five of the six coast guard members who were on board remain unclear, with the accident occurring around 5:50 p.m., according to the coast guard.

The captain of the coast guard aircraft, which was based at Haneda airport, managed to escape.

The coast guard plane was on its way to its base at Niigata airport to deliver relief aid for people affected by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and its vicinity along the Sea of Japan coast Monday, according to the coast guard.

The coast guard aircraft was moving on the runway when it collided with the JAL plane.

The fire forced Haneda airport to close all four of its runways, according to the transport ministry, which is probing the accident.

==Kyodo

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