TOKYO (AP) — A passenger plane and a Japan Coast Guard plane collided on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people in the smaller plane, officials said.

All 379 people on Japan Airlines flight JAL-516 were able to eject safely before the plane burst into flames, Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito confirmed. The pilot of the Coast Guard plane escaped, but the five crew members died, Saito said.

Tuesday’s accident was the first to seriously damage one of the industry’s newest large passenger aircraft, the Airbus A350. It entered commercial service in 2015. Airbus said in a statement that it was sending specialists to help Japanese and French authorities and that the aircraft was delivered to Japan Airlines at the end of 2021.

The A350 flew from Shin Chitose Airport near the city of Sapporo, the transport minister said.

Coast guard spokesman Yoshinori Yanagishima said its Bombardier Dash-8 aircraft, based in Haneda, flew to Niigata to deliver relief supplies to affected residents a deadly earthquake in the region on Monday. The Dash-8 turboprop is often used on short-haul and commuter flights.

The Coast Guard pilot reported to his base that his plane exploded after colliding with the airliner, Vice Commander Yoshio Seguchi told reporters.

Shigenori Hiraoka, head of the Transportation Ministry’s Civil Aviation Office, said the collision occurred as the JAL plane landed on one of Haneda’s four runways, where the Coast Guard plane was preparing to take off. Transportation safety officials were analyzing communications between flight control officers and the two planes and planned to question JAL officials to find out what led to the collision.

Hiraoka praised JAL for “taking appropriate measures” to safely evacuate all passengers and crew.

Swede Anton Deibe, 17, a passenger on the Japan Airlines plane, told Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet that “the entire cabin was filled with smoke within a few minutes.” We threw ourselves on the floor. Then the emergency doors opened and we rushed through them.

“The smoke in the cabin burned like hell. It was hell. We have no idea where we’re going, so we just run into the field. It was chaos,” Deibe added.

Another passenger told NHK television that flight attendants were calm and asked everyone to leave their luggage behind. Then all the lights went out and the temperature in the cabin began to rise. The passenger said she was afraid she wouldn’t get off the plane alive.

The transport minister said officials would do their utmost to prevent delays in the delivery of aid and other operations to the disaster-hit region. Transportation officials said the airport’s three other runways had reopened.

Haneda is one of Japan’s busiest airports and many people travel over the New Year holidays.

Haneda is the busiest of the two major airports serving the Japanese capital, offering numerous international and transcontinental flights. Due to its proximity to central parts of the city, it is particularly popular with business travelers.

The twin-engine, two-aisle A350 is used by a number of long-haul international airlines. According to Airbus, more than 570 of the aircraft are in use.

According to its website, JAL operates 16 aircraft of the A350-900 version. It recently announced details of 13 of the newer A350-1000 variant it plans to enter into service, saying they will become “the airline’s new flagship for international service after almost 20 years.” The first of these aircraft arrived a few weeks ago and was scheduled for the Haneda-New York JFK route.

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