Runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport reopens a week after fatal collision

This shows workers at the site of a fatal runway crash at Haneda airport (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo’s Haneda airport has returned to normal operations one week after a fatal collision between two planes.

The collision occurred on Tuesday evening when JAL Flight 516, carrying 379 passengers and flight crew, landed right behind a coastguard aircraft preparing for take off on the same runway; both became engulfed in flames.