![]() ![]() ![]() “The entire cabin was filled with smoke within a few minutes. ![]() Some passengers told news media they felt safe only after reaching a grassy area beyond the tarmac. Videos posted by passengers showed people covering their mouths with handkerchiefs as they ducked down and moved toward the exits. The coast guard said officials were verifying that claim.Īll passengers and crew members left their baggage and slid down the escape chutes within 20 minutes of the landing as smoke filled the cabin of the burning aircraft - an outcome praised by aviation experts. But according to an NHK television report, the coast guard pilot said he was given permission to take off. (Kyodo News via AP)Īir traffic officials gave the JAL airliner permission to land while telling the coast guard pilot to wait before entering the runway, the Transport Ministry transcript showed. The burn-out Japanese coast guard aircraft is seen at rear behind the logo of Japan Airline at Haneda airport on Wednesday, Jan. Another JAL executive, Noriyuki Aoki, said the flight had received permission to land. JAL Managing Executive Officer Tadayuki Tsutsumi told a news conference late Tuesday that the A350 was making a “normal entry and landing” on the runway and that the pilot said he did not recognize the Bombardier. The two sides had different understandings of their permission to use the runway. Investigators plan to interview the pilots, officials as well as air traffic control officials to find out how the two planes simultaneously ended up on the runway, JTSB said. Board investigator Takuya Fujiwara said his team recovered flight data and voice recorders from the Bombardier for analysis. The smaller coast guard plane resembled a mound of rubble. TV footage showed the severely damaged A350’s wings among the charred, broken parts of fuselage. On Wednesday, six experts from the Japan Transport Safety Board examined what remained of the aircraft, the board said. Watch: The moment a passenger plane caught fire as it landed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport According to the text, the Tokyo air control gave the JAL Airbus A350 permission to land on Runway C, noting that there is a departing plane, with the JAL pilot repeating the instruction. It showed no clear takeoff approval was given to the coast guard plane. The Transport Ministry released a transcript Wednesday of air traffic control communication of about 4 minutes and 25 seconds just before the crash. The pilot of the coast guard plane - a Bombardier Dash-8 - evacuated with injuries but five crew members were killed. Within 20 minutes, all 379 passengers and crew members slid down emergency chutes and survived. TOKYO (AP) - A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger flight was given permission to use the runway where a coast guard plane was preparing for takeoff.Īn orange fireball erupted from both aircraft Tuesday evening as JAL flight 516 continued down the runway covered in flames and spewing gray smoke. ![]()
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