The deadly collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo may have been caused by confusion over the air-traffic controller’s phrase “No. 1” during an abnormal period, aviation experts said.
Five crewmembers of a Japanese Coast Guard Bombardier Dash-8 turboprop aircraft that was to carry supplies to the area hit by an earthquake earlier this year died at Tokyo s Haneda airport Tuesday following a crash with a Japan Air Lines (JAL) Airbus 350 airliner at 5.46 pm local time that was landing from Shin-Chitose airport near Sapporo in northern Japan, it was reported.
Communication records show a Japan Coast Guard airplane was not given permission to enter a runway at Haneda Airport before the deadly collision with a Japan Airlines passenger jet, the transport ministry said.