The smaller aeroplane collided with a Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger jet on the runway on Tuesday. Newly released transcripts of air traffic control instructions just before the crash confirmed ...
A partial release of the air traffic control transcript showed no clear takeoff approval was given to the coast guard plane. According to the text, the Tokyo air control gave the JAL plane ...
The transcript shows the coastguard aircraft acknowledged ... he had been given permission to enter the runway which the JAL airliner was approaching. The BBC has also found information that ...