The family threw themselves out of the burning plane

 

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Swedish family on board the burning aircraft  

 

Ebba Torstensson  

 

Updated 13.01 | Published 10.15  

 

Five people are said to have died after two planes crashed on a runway in Tokyo. 

 

Close to 400 people were on board one of the planes - including a family from Sweden.  

 

- All of a sudden it was full of smoke and everyone is shouting in Japanese, says Swede Anton Deibe, 17.  

A plane caught fire when it landed at Haneda Airport in Tokyo  on Tuesday.  

 

Swede Anton Deibe and his sister Ella, mother Kristin and father Jonas were on board.  

 

- When it landed, I looked out the window. It got really hot and I saw through the window how it dissolved. Then fire trucks came and started spraying on the window, says Anton Deibe.  

 

            

The Deibe family was on the plane that caught fire. All escaped without physical injuries. Photo: Private

 

Something was shouted out of the speakers in Japanese. The family, who were scattered, did not understand what was happening.  

 

- It was a few minutes when the entire cabin was filled with smoke. We threw ourselves down on the floor. 

 

Then the emergency doors were opened and then we threw ourselves at them, says Jonas Deibe. During the time the evacuees over 70 fire engines struggled to put out the fire.  

 

- The smoke in the cabin stung like hell. It was a hell of a life. We have no idea where we are going so we just run out into the field. It was chaos, says Anton. 

The flight took off from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, reports NHK.  

 

All 379 passengers were able to be evacuated, according to the airline. But it didn't take long before the whole plane was in flames, says Jonas Deibe. 

 

- It is completely burning to pieces.  

 

The Deibe family is doing well. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Swedish time, they and their fellow passengers were ushered from the airfield into the airport to receive more information at the airport.  

 

- We are all completely in shock. I don't think we understood what happened, says Anton.  

 

The plane is said to have caught fire in connection with a collision with a plane belonging to the Japanese Coast Guard during landing, reports BNO News.  

 

Five people who were on board the coast guard's smaller plane are said to have died, according to BNO News.  

 

The extent of the injuries to the passengers and staff on board the Japan Airlines plane is unclear, but all managed to get out and are now safe.  

 

The coast guard is investigating the circumstances surrounding the possible collision and subsequent fire.  

 

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