In a tragic incident at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, over 100 flights were expected to be canceled following a collision between a Japan Airlines jet and a Japanese Coast Guard plane. The collision, which occurred on Tuesday, resulted in the loss of five crew members on the Coast Guard flight. Newly released audio recordings shed light on the moments leading up to the incident, revealing that air traffic control had cleared the commercial flight to land.
The official transcript, released by the transport ministry, detailed the crucial four minutes between 5:43 p.m. and 5:47 p.m. local time. During this time, the Coast Guard turboprop aircraft was taxiing on the runway for takeoff, while the Japan airliner was on its final descent into Haneda. The recording captured the instructions given by the commercial flight to air traffic control, as well as the instructions provided to the Coast Guard plane.
