▲ A Japan Airlines plane is seen in flames following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Jan. 2, 2024. (Yonhap)

Haneda collision-flight cancellations

9 Korean flights from and for Tokyo's Haneda Airport canceled due to deadly collision

SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) -- A number of Korean flights from and for Tokyo were canceled Tuesday due to a collision on the runway at Haneda Airport.

National flag carrier Korean Air canceled five flights, including flight KE2104 departing Haneda at 7:50 p.m. for Gimpo and KE719 bound for Haneda from Incheon International Airport at 8:40 p.m.

Asiana Airlines canceled four flights, including OZ178, which was to depart Incheon at 9:20 p.m. for Haneda.

Haneda Airport's runway has remained closed after a Japan Airlines plane burst into flames after it collided with a Coast Guard aircraft on the runway earlier in the day. All passengers and crew on board were evacuated, but five of the six crew on board the coast guard plane died, according to Japanese news reports.

South Korea's land ministry said it was working to minimize inconvenience to passengers.

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