Police investigate possible negligence in Tokyo runway collision

Devastating aftermath: Officials looking at the burnt wreckage of the JAL passenger plane on the tarmac at Tokyo International Airport at Haneda in Tokyo after it hit the smaller Coast Guard plane on the ground. — AFP

TOKYO: Police are investigating whether a crash between an airliner and a smaller plane at a Tokyo airport may involve professional negligence, media reported yesterday, as transport authorities began inspecting the charred wreckage for clues.

All 379 people miraculously escaped the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 which erupted into flames after colliding with a De Havilland Dash-8 Coast Guard turboprop shortly after landing at Haneda on Tuesday evening.