Tokyo airplane crash probe to look into controllers' instructions

Authorities begin onsite examinations of burned JAL and Coast Guard aircraft

20230103 Haneda plane crash Kyodo

The wreckages of a JAL passenger jet and Coast Guard plane might hold clues about how two aircraft ended up sharing a runway and colliding Jan. 2 at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. © Kyodo

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan has begun investigating the fiery collision at Haneda Airport on Tuesday night, hoping communication records between air traffic controllers and the pilots involved can shed light on how two planes came to simultaneously occupy the same spot on a runway.

An official from the Japan Transport Safety Board, part of the transport ministry, told reporters on Wednesday that the JTSB has recovered the flight and voice recorders of the Coast Guard plane but is still searching for the equipment from the JAL flight.

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