5 dead as Japan coast guard aircraft in mid air collision  with passenger plane

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5 dead as Japan coast guard aircraft in mid air collision with passenger plane

Five people aboard a Japanese coastguard plane have died after their aircraft collided with a passenger plane at a Tokyo airport
The coastguard plane was due to deliver aid to earthquake-hit areas
All 379 people on board the burning Japan Airlines plane were evacuated.
Dramatic footage showed passengers fleeing the burning Japan Airlines plane on inflatable slides and running across the tarmac
Fire ripped through the Japan Airlines flight 516 which had taken off from Hokkaido in northern Japan nearly two hours earlier.