Korea Air Jet Evacuated After Engine Fire at Tokyo’s Haneda
- Passengers and crew all disembarked, 18 people injured
- Other Haneda runways reopened after temporarily closing
Ground crew put out a fire on a Korean Air plane in Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
Photographer: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty ImagesA Korean Air Lines Co. plane was evacuated at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after an engine caught fire.
All 302 passengers and 17 crew members disembarked and there were 18 people with injuries, Kyosuke Okada, a spokesman for Japan’s transport ministry, said by telephone Friday. The extent of the injuries isn’t known yet, he said.
The runway with the Boeing Co. 777 plane, which was about to depart to Seoul from Haneda when the fire was noticed, is still closed while three other runways have reopened. ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines Co., the nation’s largest carriers, canceled a combined 277 flights, affecting a total of about 55,690 passengers, according to separate statements from the companies. Haneda is Asia’s second-busiest airport with 75 million passengers last year.