Five Japan Coast Guard personnel have been confirmed dead, after their aircraft was involved in a collision with a Japan Airlines passenger aircraft at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.

Japan Airlines says the plane was Flight 516, traveling from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

The Japan Coast Guard says the JAL plane collided with one of its aircraft immediately after landing at around 6 P.M. on Tuesday.

The coast guard says there were 6 people on board its plane and all perished except the pilot who was seriously injured.

The JAL aircraft was engulfed in flames. More than 100 firetrucks were assigned to extinguish the fire.
A JAL passenger posted video footage on social media, showing white smoke and sparks rising from the runway.

One of passengers said that the plane was filled with smoke. The crew told flyers that the doors in the center and the back couldn't be opened. Everyone used the front exit to escape.

The airline says 379 people, including 8 children, were on board and has confirmed they were all evacuated from the aircraft. But, firefighters say 14 people on board the JAL airplane were injured.

The coast guard says its aircraft was on the way to deliver supplies to quake-stricken Niigata Prefecture along the Sea of Japan coast.

Authorities at Haneda Airport say partial operations of the airport's runway have restarted, but it can't confirm when full operations will resume.