Yesterday, in an accident in which an aircraft of Japan Airlines and the Japan Coast Guard collided on the runway of Haneda Airport, it was newly learned that the air traffic controller did not give instructions to allow the Coast Guard aircraft to enter the runway before the accident.
Just before 6 p.m. yesterday, a Japan aircraft collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the runway when it tried to land at Haneda Airport.
All 379 passengers and crew of Japan Airlines escaped in the accident, but five people were killed, including Nobuyuki Tahara (41), the co-captain of the Japan Coast Guard aircraft.
Subsequent interviews with the people involved revealed that at the time of the accident, the controller had instructed the Japan Coast Guard aircraft to proceed to the front of the runway, but had not given permission to enter the runway.
On the other hand, the controller gave permission for the Japan aircraft to land.
The National Transportation Safety Board has begun investigating the incident with air traffic controllers, and the Metropolitan Police Department is conducting on-site inspections of the runway and Japan Airlines on suspicion of manslaughter in the course of business.
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