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Japanese transport officials and police begin on-site probe after fatal crash on Tokyo runway

TOKYO (AP) — Transport officials and police began separate investigations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Wednesday, a day after a large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway and burst into flames, killing five people. The accident occurred Tuesday evening when the Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 plane landed on one of Haneda's four runways after the coast guard aircraft — a Bombardier Dash-8 — had also entered, preparing to take off. Both sides said they received a go-ahead from aviation officials. An orange fireball erupted from the aircraft, and the JAL plane continued down the runway covered in flames while spewing gray smoke.