The smoke in the cabin stung like hell. It was a hell. We have no idea where we are going so we just run out into the field. It was chaos,” added Deibe, who was traveling with his parents and sister.
Kyodo said the coast guard plane, which is based at Haneda, had been due to head to Niigata to deliver relief goods to residents affected by a deadly earthquake in the region on Monday that killed at least 48 people.
Haneda is one of the busiest airports in Japan, and many people travel over the New Year holidays.
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Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed
to this report
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