A Japan Airlines passenger jet was engulfed in flames on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport after reportedly being involved in a collision with another aircraft.

Security camera footage showed a ball of flames exploding into the night sky as the aircraft touched down. It has been reported that the JAL aircraft hit a smaller plane, possibly a military fighter as it came into land at 5.45pm local time. 

Television footage has shown the passenger aircraft on the runway with its nose wheel collapsed and flames and smoke coming from the fuselage and the engines. A section of the runway was also on fire.

The aircraft, JAL516, had taken off from New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo in Hokkaido bound for Tokyo and was carrying 400 passengers and crew when it caught fire. Everyone on board was able to evacuate but there are no details on injuries.