The transcripts of the air traffic controller's instructions to the planes that collided at Tokyo airport came to light. Japanese authorities said today that the passenger aircraft which collided with a Coast Guard aircraft at a Tokyo airport had been cleared to landbut the smallest plane he had not received permission to take off.
Fortunately, the 379 passengers and crew of flight JAL516 managed to evacuate from the aircraft after it collided with a smaller Japanese Coast Guard aircraft. The collision caused an explosion and the Japan Airlines Airbus A350 caught fire and was completely destroyed after all passengers and 12 crew members were ejected. Extinguishing the fire lasted eight hoursaccording to the fire department.
However, five of six aboard Coast Guard De Havilland Dash-8 aircraft killed, with the pilot managing to bail out, although he is seriously injured. According to the APE – BEE, this aircraft was preparing to take off to deliver essential items to those affected by the Monday's earthquake in Ishikawa Prefecture.
The authorities have just started investigations into the causes of the collision and there is uncertainty as to the circumstances of the accidentincluding how the two aircraft ended up on the same runway just weeks after the global aviation industry received warnings about runway safety.
Transcripts of control tower instructions released by authorities appear to show that the Japan Airlines plane had been cleared to land, but that that of the Coast Guard had been called to taxi to a holding point near the runway. A Japanese civil aviation official told reporters there was no indication in those transcripts that the coast guard plane had been cleared to take off.
His skipper said he entered the runway after receiving clearance, according to a Coast Guard official, while at the same time he admitted that there is no indication in the transcripts that he was given permission to do so. “The Ministry of Transport is submitting objective material and will fully cooperate with the … investigation to ensure that we work together to take all possible safety measures to prevent a possible recurrence,” Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito told reporters.
Japan's Transport Safety Board is investigating the incident involving agencies in France, where the Airbus plane was made, and Britain, where the two engines were made Rolls-Roycepeople familiar with the matter said.
The Council recovered the voice recorder from the Coast Guard aircraft, authorities said. Meanwhile, Tokyo police are investigating whether possible human negligence resulted in deaths and injuriesas reported by several media outlets, including Kyodo news agency and Nikkei business newspaper.
A police spokesman said a special unit has been set up to investigate the runway and intends to take statements from those involved. “There is a high possibility that it was human errorsaid former JAL pilot Hiroyuki Kobayashi. “Normally only one aircraft is allowed to enter the runway, but despite being cleared to land, the Coast Guard aircraft was on the runway,” he added.
At the same time, a few weeks ago, a US-based aviation safety organization requested it taking international action to prevent aircraft collisions on runways as air traffic increases. “Despite efforts over the years to prevent such incidents, they continue to occur,” Flight Safety Foundation CEO Hassan Sahidi said in a statement last month.
Source: News Beast
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