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Tokyo plane collision: French forensic experts to probe accident that killed 5 at Haneda airport
- Forensic experts from Airbus and French state agency BAE will arrive in Japan on Wednesday to help investigate the deadly accident at Haneda airport
- The aircraft involved was delivered to Japan Airlines after production in November 2021 and was powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, Airbus said
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A team of forensic experts from plane manufacturer Airbus and French state agency BAE will arrive in Japan on Wednesday to help authorities investigate the deadly accident involving an A350 plane at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, they said on Tuesday.
“4 @BEA_Aero investigators will be on site tomorrow joined by 5 @Airbus technical advisers,” the BEA agency said in a post on social media platform X.
The aircraft involved was MSN 538, delivered to Japan Airlines after production in November 2021 and was powered by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, Airbus said in a separate statement.
The Japan Airlines (JAL) airliner burst into flames on Tuesday as it skidded down the tarmac following a collision with a Japanese coastguard aircraft that killed five of six crew on the smaller craft.
All 367 passengers and 12 crew were evacuated from the blaze that destroyed the airliner.
The smaller plane had been bound for central Japan after Monday’s huge earthquake, Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito said.
Television and unverified footage shared on social media showed the airliner moving along the runway before a large eruption of orange flames and black smoke burst from beneath and behind it.
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