Japan plane crash- Crew begins clearing flight wreckage from Haneda International Airport runway – In pics

Japan plane crash: Crew begins clearing flight wreckage from Haneda International Airport runway – In pics1/9

Crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport began clearing the charred wreck of a Japan Airlines plane from a runway on Friday, as investigators sought to retrieve the aircraft’s cockpit voice recorder and discover what caused the deadly accident. The Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet collided with a Coast Guard turboprop on the runway while landing in Tokyo on Tuesday. All 379 people on the JAL aircraft escaped before it was engulfed in flames, but five of the six crew on the Coast Guard craft died. Take a look at the pictures –2/9

Officials try to remove the wreckage of a burnt Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2024. (Photo: Reuters)

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Two excavators equipped with cutting equipment ripped off the Airbus A350’s wing, while another lifted debris from inside the burnt out cabin into a large lorry as around a dozen personnel in white overalls and hard hats watched on. (Photo: Reuters)

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An official from the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) said the plane’s flight data recorder had been collected earlier this week but that the cockpit voice recorder had still not been retrieved. (Photo: Reuters)

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Smoke rises from the burnt Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 plane as officials remove its wreckage after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 5, 2024. (Photo: Reuters)

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Officials aim to complete the removal of the wreckage by Jan. 7 and it will be taken to its hangar, where the aircraft will be inspected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, broadcaster TBS reported. (Photo: Reuters)

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An aerial view shows burnt Japan Airlines’ (JAL) Airbus A350 plane after a collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan January 3, 2024, in this photo taken by Kyodo. (Photo: Reuters)

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This aerial photo shows the burn-out Japanese coast guard aircraft at Haneda airport on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan. A large passenger plane and the Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing several people aboard the coast guard plane, officials said. (Photo: AP)

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U.S. aviation safety officials will provide assistance to Japan in the reading of airplane recorders to get a clearer idea of what caused the deadly collision, according to the head of the main U.S. transport regulator. The collision marked the first time a modern lightweight airliner has burnt down and is being seen as a test case for how well a new generation of carbon-composite airplanes copes with a catastrophic fire. (Photo: Reuters)