<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">A Japan Airlines plane was engulfed in flames at Tokyo's Haneda airport today after a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft.<b> </b>All 379 passengers and crew of the Japan Airlines plane escaped but five of the six crew of the coast guard plane were killed.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Coast Guard said the collision involved one of its planes that was headed to Niigata airport on Japan's west coast to deliver aid to areas hit by an earthquake.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Japan's Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed that five of the coast guard aircraft's crew had died. The captain of the aircraft was injured. A spokesperson at Japan Airlines said its aircraft had departed from New Chitose airport.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida instructed relevant agencies to coordinate to assess the damage swiftly. He extended his condolences to those who died while trying to serve people in need.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>