The plane with almost 400 passengers on board that collided with a plane Japanese Coast Guard A catastrophic Airbus A350 crash at Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been cleared to land, Japan Airlines executives said on Wednesday. The investigation into the collision between an airliner and a Coast Guard plane on the runway on Tuesday, which killed five people, began this Wednesday in Tokyo. Five people were killed and more than 300 flights were canceled.
The Transportation Safety Board (JTSB) of the Japanese Ministry of Transport, which investigates the causes of aviation accidents, sent six specialists to the scene of the accident this morning to begin investigating a suspected case professional negligence. In return, Airbus, manufacturer of the airliner, has also announced that it will send a team of specialists to provide technical support in the investigation.
The accident occurred shortly after the JAL plane, an Airbus A350, landed in Haneda at 5:47 p.m. local time (9:47 GMT) and collided with the coast guard ship, causing both to catch fire. According to the Japanese state broadcaster NHK The air traffic controller would have instructed the Japanese Coast Guard plane to fly to a certain point before entering the runway, while other reports indicate that the captain of this ship had received clearance to take off. The company said the JAL aircraft had also been cleared to take off from the runway.
The 379 occupants of the airliner managed to evacuate, but 14 of them were injured, while of the six occupants of the Coast Guard aircraft, only the seriously injured captain was able to save his life. The Coast Guard aircraft was preparing to transport food and water to victims of the powerful earthquake that struck the west coast of central Japan on Monday. EFE