TOKYO -- Instructions issued by air traffic control were heard by the co-pilot of a Japan Coast Guard plane as well as its captain ahead of a deadly collision with a passenger jet at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, sources at the coast guard told Nikkei on Saturday. That raises the possibility that both officers misinterpreted the directions before entering the runway where the Japan Airlines plane was to land.
Japan plane crash
Co-pilot of Japan Coast Guard plane heard directions as well as captain
Raises possibility both officers misinterpreted instructions ahead of crash
Remains of the Japan Coast Guard plane destroyed in a collision with an airliner at Tokyo's Haneda Airport are investigated on Jan. 4. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
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