The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 triggered tsunami waves along Japan's west coast and neighboring South Korea. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) initially issued a major tsunami warning. Japanese passenger plane’s fiery collision with coast guard aircraft carrying earthquake relief kills 5 All 379 passengers and crew members made it out of the Japan Airlines plane, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said at a news conference. The coast guard pilot escaped, but five crew members were killed, he added. The coast guard aircraft was flying earthquake relief to Niigata prefecture on the country’s west coast after a series of strong tremors killed at least 55 people and left widespread damage, Saito said. There was no immediate information about the cause of the accident, he added.
Sad about the crew members who were killed, but it's almost a miracle that everyone made it out alive of that burning plane. Impressive and probably only possible because the Japanese people are so disciplined, nobody tried to grab their hand luggage or anything.
