2024-01-03 16:41:32
As the news agencies Archyde.com and Kyodo reported, citing communication data between the aircraft and flight control, the coast guard aircraft was instructed to go to a stopping point near the runway. An official from Japan’s Civil Aviation Authority told reporters that there was no indication in the logs that the coast guard plane had been cleared to take off.
A Coast Guard official was quoted by media as saying that the surviving pilot of the Coast Guard plane said immediately following the five-fatal accident that he was cleared to take off. However, the representative also admitted that there was no indication of this in the minutes.
Archyde.com/Kyodo All passengers on the completely burned-out airliner survived the collision
The Japan Airlines Airbus A350 airliner collided with a coast guard aircraft shortly before 6 p.m. (local time) following landing in Haneda on Tuesday and burned out. All 379 occupants of the passenger plane were able to save themselves using emergency slides. However, five crew members on board the coast guard aircraft were killed; only the pilot survived, seriously injured. The fire on the JAL aircraft was brought under control more than six hours following the collision. The coast guard plane wanted to bring relief supplies for the survivors of the series of earthquakes to the severely affected Noto Peninsula.
Support from France and Great Britain
Transportation Minister Tetsuo Saito stated that the Ministry of Transportation wanted to fully cooperate with the investigation and would take all possible security measures “to prevent a recurrence.” The Japan Safety Transport Board (JTSB), the government agency responsible for serious accidents involving aircraft, trains and ships, is currently investigating the incident.
JTSB is receiving support from France, where the Airbus plane was made, and Britain, where the two Rolls-Royce engines were produced, people familiar with the matter told Archyde.com. The government agency is also taking a close look at the burned-out wreckage.
Tokyo: guesswork following plane crash
One day following two planes collided at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, it is still unclear how the accident occurred.
Police set up a special unit
Tokyo police are now investigating whether negligence may have led to the deaths and injuries, several media outlets reported, including Kyodo and the business newspaper Nikkei. Police have set up a special investigation unit at the airport and plan to question those involved, a spokesman said.
“There is a strong possibility that there was human error,” said aviation analyst and former JAL pilot Hiroyuki Kobayashi. “Aircraft accidents very rarely occur due to a single problem, so I believe that this time too there were two or three problems that led to the accident.” In a statement on Wednesday, JAL stressed that the plane had clearance to land before approach and landing and permission from the control tower was also repeated.
Security experts see “miracles”
Given the fact that all passengers on the airliner survived, safety experts spoke of a “miracle”. Specifically, the crew of the burned-out airliner was praised by experts whose quick actions may have prevented a high number of victims: Ed Galea, professor and director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group at the University of Greenwich in Great Britain, described the evacuation as, according to the New York Times “a wondrous work”.
“The crew’s response time was spectacular,” aviation expert Trisha Ferguson, who has worked on passenger safety for almost three decades, was quoted in the US newspaper. According to her, it was “a miracle” that all 379 passengers were able to be brought to safety. Alex Macheras, an aviation analyst, told the BBC that Japan Airlines is known as a leader in safety.
Live on @BBCNews: Japan Airlines’ ability to very, very quickly evacuate a packed A350 with almost 400 onboard is a testament to the industry-leading safety standards at the airline, and the robustness + modernity of Airbus’ flagship jet. #JAL516 pic.twitter.com/sZb4JICXZl
— Alex Macheras (@AlexInAir) 2 January 2024
Airline: Passengers rescued within 18 minutes
Japan Airlines said on Wednesday that the passengers were rescued within 18 minutes of the collision – the last passenger left the plane at 6:05 p.m. The plane landed at 5:47 p.m. Basically, Japan Airlines crews are trained to bring their passengers to safety within 90 seconds. A spokeswoman for the airline previously told the New York Times. However, the fact that not all exits might be used made rescuing people even more difficult.
The accident also had consequences for air traffic: all runways at Japan’s busiest airport were temporarily closed on the day of the accident, but were able to be reopened except for the site of the accident. JAL canceled more than 40 domestic flights to and from Haneda on Wednesday. All Nippon Airways (ANA) also canceled dozens of flights.
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