 A Japan Airlines jet was engulfed in flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on January 2 after a possible collision with a Coast Guard aircraft, with the airline saying that all 379 passengers and crew had been safely evacuated. Live footage on public broadcaster NHK showed the aircraft erupt in flames as it skidded down the tarmac despite feverish efforts by rescue crews to control the blaze, the Coast Guard said it was investigating the possibility that one of its aircraft collided with the passenger. 6.5 out of the six crew of the Coast Guard aircraft are unaccounted for, while one escaped. Public broadcaster NHK reported that a spokesperson at Japan Airlines said the aircraft had departed from Shinshitos Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido.