A Japan Airlines plane thought to be carrying 300 passengers caught fire on the runway at Tokyo Haneda airport as images show the jet engulfed in a huge flames.

Footage on broadcaster NHK shows flames pouring out windows of the aircraft and underneath it.

Social media posts suggest the plane erupted into flames on the runway.Local media claim the airliner collided with a coastguard plane.

Videos show flames pouring out windows of the huge aircraft{ai:summary}A Japan Airlines plane carrying 300 passengers catches fire on the runway at Tokyo Haneda airport. Footage shows the jet engulfed in flames. #foreignaffairs

Japan plane fire: Jet goes up in flames on runway at Tokyo airport

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