bursting into flames. the moment of impact as it landed at tokyo sinead a airport. you see it on security video. that large fireball, the jet barreling down the runway. officials say it collided with the coast guard plane headed to help with earthquake relief efforts. five have died. japan airlines says they were evacuated. 17 were reportedly injured. now, this was the chaotic scene inside the jet as smoke killed the cabin and passengers scrambled to find a way out. you can see the plane with emergency slides open. people running out as firefighters tried to put out the flames. we have team coverage on this breaking story. pete muntean in washington. cnn aerospace analyst miles o brien from paris. pete, when you look at this footage given kind of your innate sense of how this industry works, how airlines work, what is happening here? i am seeing a wake-up call here, phil, around the world, also especially here in the u.s. we get to that in a second. you can see the airb
the pilot of the passenger plane did not spot the plane on the runway. they had 90 seconds to de-plane, and nobody on the aircraft was seriously injured. some were taken to the hospital saying they did not feel well. this is the passengers seen getting off. will ripley has the latest. the japanese prime minister is sending condolesses to the five coast guard crew members who lost their lives in the fiery runway collision right in the heart of tokyo. look at this in haneda airport shortly before 6:00 p.m. local time. a massive fireball erupted in the runway right in the middle of the busy runway when a crowded jet with 67 passengers including eight children under the age of 2 and 12 crew members on board collided with a coast guard plane that was taking off to deliver leaf supplies to parts of central japan on the western side that are desperately in need of aid right now because of the massive earthquake that struck hours after the country rang in the new year, and began 20
cnn s will ripley joins us live from tokyo. will, i want to talk to the crew. we ll get to evacuation efforts. the crew who died, they were on their way to help, correct? can you give us more? reporter: yeah. so this haneda airport is in the heart of tokyo, 20 minutes from where i m standing right now. there s also a coast guard base nearby. the whole airport sits on the bay. it s a beautiful approach when you fly in there. it s probably my favorite airport when i fly into tokyo. my camera man john flew in a few hours before this happened. but in this case, this coast guard aircraft somehow ended up on the same runway as this japan airlines jet was flying in, packed plane coming from the tourist hot spot of sapporo in northern japan and these two planes had an incredibly fiery collision. we know that, according to nhk, japan s national broadcaster, five crew members were killed. the captain was able to escape. but he is currently being held, currently on life support. i ve
Now affect boeing s max aircraft? which already, as you know, has a troubled history. well, of course we both remember the terrible, catastrophic losses of the dash 8. a slightly different version of this aircraft. this was a dash 9 that had the door problem. but i think it may affect stock prices, and who knows, some passengers may be nervous. but i think boeing will recover. they have a long history of engineering excellence. a lot of people point out, in recent years they ve become very financially driven. and a lot of people thought that the 737 max should have been replaced with a new so-called clean sheet design. but the new regulated airline and manufacturing world, bottom line is everything.
Because they re going to thoroughly look at these aircraft. i know the secretary of transportation and the faa has pushed that agenda forward with an emergency airworthiness directive which requires inspection. so this is going to be a process that will take days, maybe weeks. but we ve got to keep in mind, this is a very safe system. safe system. i mean, but how will this event now affect boeing s max aircraft? which already, as you know, has a troubled history. well, of course we both remember the terrible, catastrophic losses of the dash 8. a slightly different version of this aircraft. this was a dash 9 that had the door problem. but i think it may affect stock prices, and who knows, some passengers may be nervous. but i think boeing will recover.