The crew of the plane that burned down at Tokyo airport was allowed to land by dispatchers

Kyodo: the crew of the plane that burned down at Tokyo airport was allowed to land by dispatchers

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According to a report by the Japanese agency Kyodo, before the collision of two planes on the runway of Tokyo airport, the crew of a JAL passenger airliner received permission to land and duplicated it.

One of the crew members confirmed this information at a company hearing. The incident occurred on January 2, when an Airbus A350 arriving from Sapporo collided with a Bombardier DHC8-300 coast guard aircraft that was preparing to deliver humanitarian aid to earthquake-stricken regions.

As a result, five crew members of the second aircraft suffered fatal injuries. injuries, and at least 17 passengers were injured. The incident occurred after a series of earthquakes, one of which was the strongest in Japan in the last five years.