After the fatal collision of a passenger plane with a Japanese Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo airport, more and more details about the accident are emerging. Evidence of human error is increasing.
According to Kyodo news agency, analysis of the communication recordings showed that the coast guard aircraft was not authorized to take to the runway. However, the pilot who survived the accident made a contrary statement. He told investigators he had been given the green light to go to the runway where the collision occurred, they said Wednesday.
A Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger plane collided with the coast guard plane immediately after landing the day before. Both caught fire. While all 379 occupants of the Airbus A350 passenger plane were able to escape the burning plane without life-threatening injuries, all help came too late for five people on board the coast guard plane. Only the pilot of the Bombardier DHC8-300 escaped injured.
The coast guard plane had earthquake relief supplies on board
The coast guard plane wanted to bring relief supplies for earthquake survivors to the hard-hit Noto Peninsula. According to the latest information, at least 65 people were killed in the magnitude 7.6 earthquake. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida responded to fears that the accident could hamper the rapid delivery of relief supplies to the earthquake zone in the west of the country.
Source: Krone
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