Japan tightens air traffic control and pilot protocols with new rules

One week after collision, transport ministry takes steps to stamp out human error

20240109N Haneda Airport crash REUTERS

Officials try to remove the burnt wreckage of the Japan Airlines plane that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo. © Reuters

KOJI MURAKOSHI and SARA MORI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- A week after a deadly runway collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, the Japanese government has rolled out safety measures that aim to prevent such an incident from happening again.

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