reinforcing the view that its crew likely erroneously believed the aircraft was allowed to enter the runway when it was hit by a Japan Airlines jetliner at Tokyo's Haneda airport in January.
Runway C at Haneda Airport in Tokyo reopened for flights on Jan. 8 after wreckage was removed from the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines passenger jet and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft.
Lights designed to prevent runway incursions were out of service when a Japan Coast Guard plane collided with an arriving Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.
TOKYO: Following the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines jetliner and a Japan coast guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport in January, construction began Wednesday (Oct 2) on new runway ...