TOKYO, Feb 14 (News On Japan) –
This month, it was revealed {that a} Japan Airlines passenger airplane entered a taxiway totally different from the one instructed by air visitors controllers at San Diego Airport within the United States and crossed the cease line earlier than the runway, prompting one other passenger airplane to go round throughout its touchdown try. Japan Airlines had additionally skilled an incident in November of final 12 months at Seattle Airport within the United States, the place a airplane mistakenly entered a runway.
On February 13, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism performed an on-site inspection of the corporate to look at its security administration system.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, on February 6 at San Diego Airport within the United States, a Japan Airlines passenger airplane sure for Narita Airport entered a taxiway totally different from that instructed by the controllers and crossed the cease line earlier than the runway. Although the airplane didn’t enter the runway after being identified by the controllers, one other passenger airplane that was getting ready to land needed to execute a go-around simply earlier than touchdown. In response to the corporate’s inquiry, the pilot said, “I misunderstood that the point where we were supposed to turn was further ahead. I realized something was wrong and stopped as soon as the control tower gave instructions, but by then, we had already crossed the stop line.”
Furthermore, in November of final 12 months, a Japan Airlines passenger airplane departing from Narita Airport landed at Seattle Airport within the United States and, regardless of not receiving directions from the controllers, entered and crossed the adjoining runway earlier than heading to the parking space. At that point, the Japan Airlines plane misheard the directions from the controllers and repeated again totally different directions. There was no quick correction from the controllers, and it was solely after the wrong entry that they have been alerted to the error.
In each incidents, there have been no accidents reported. Following these consecutive troubles, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism performed a shock inspection on the Japan Airlines operations headquarters at Haneda Airport on February 13, primarily based on the Civil Aeronautics Act, to research the protection administration system. Japan Airlines said, “We are currently investigating and cannot comment at this time.”
Source: NHK