Japanese authorities said Wednesday that the passenger jet that collided with a Coast Guard turboprop at a Tokyo airport had been cleared to land, but the smaller plane was not cleared to take off, based on transcripts of conversations. with the control tower.
The printed transcripts were distributed to reporters by officials from Japan's Ministry of Transport on Wednesday (03). The documents showed the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 of flight JAL 516 receiving permission to land on runway 34R at Tokyo Haneda Airport, while the Coast Guard plane identified as JA722A was instructed to proceed to a holding point below the runway. .
The captain of the Coast Guard plane said he entered the runway after receiving permission, a Coast Guard official said, while acknowledging there was no indication in the transcripts that he had been authorized to do so.
Japanese Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters that the transcript was an “objective” record of interactions between Air Traffic Control and the aircraft involved in Tuesday's crash.
Source: CNN Brasil
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