2024 Haneda Airport runway collision
On 2 January 2024, a runway collision occurred at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, between an Airbus A350-900, operating Japan Airlines Flight 516 (JAL516), and a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q300 operated by the Japan Coast Guard. While JAL516 was landing at the airport, it collided with the Coast Guard plane on the runway and both aircraft caught fire. 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.
The wreckage of the Airbus A350 after the collision | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 2 January 2024 |
| Summary | Runway collision, under investigation |
| Site | Runway 34R, Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan 35°32′50″N 139°47′59″E |
| Total fatalities | 5 |
| Total injuries | 17 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 16 |
| 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 |
| Name | Mizunagi-1 (みずなぎ1号) |
| 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 |
JAL516 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New Chitose Airport near Sapporo, Japan, to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, and the Coast Guard plane was on a relief mission in response to the 2024 Noto earthquake which had occurred the day before. The collision ignited fires that destroyed both aircraft. It was Japan Airlines' first major accident and hull loss since Flight 123 in 1985, and also the first major accident and hull loss of an Airbus A350.