[theold]

The 39-year-old captain of a Japan Coast Guard aircraft that collided with a Japan Airlines jet on a runway at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport has told investigators that he had confirmed with other crew members that permission had been given to enter the runway, it has been learned.

It has been also learned that the captain said he had been unaware of the JAL jet’s landing. The communication records show that there was no direct communication from the air traffic control to inform the JCG about the JAL jet that was to land first.

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/...07-160498/

[sgbuffett]

All the crew is dead...so it has yo be their fault

[luncheonmeat]

I feel bad for the pilot. There will be survivor's guilt and he will be blaming himself [rightly or wrongly] while all of Japan will blame him. How to bear up in the aftermath?

[p1acebo]

Dead men tell no tales

[Fit]

He should have confirmed with the Air Control Tower, not the crew!