Japan Coast Guard plane not cleared for take-off before crashing into another aircraft

Japan authorities have said the Coast Guard plane which collided with a passenger plane on a major Tokyo runway was not cleared for take-off. All 379 people aboard the Japan Air passenger plane miraculously escaped an inferno when it landed at Haneda airport. Five of the six people aboard the smaller Coast Guard plane died in the collision. Only the pilot survived. The Coast Guard plane was due to depart on a flight to provide earthquake aid to people on the country's west coast.