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  • Work to Remove JAL Aircraft Starts at Haneda Airport(UPDATE1)

    Work to remove the Japan Airlines jet that burned up after colliding with a Japan Coast Guard plane ...

    January 5, 2024

  • Japan Felt Record Heat in 2023; Meteorological Agency Blames Global Warming

    The average temperature for Japan in 2023 was higher than any year since records began in 1898, at 1...

    January 5, 2024

  • US to Provide Assistance to Japan on Airplane Recorders in Fatal Collision

    U.S. aviation safety officials will provide assistance to Japan in the reading of airplane recorders...

    January 5, 2024

  • JAL, ANA Cancel 200 Flights Friday, Mainly to and from Haneda

    Japan Airlines Co. and All Nippon Airways Co. will cancel a total of 200 domestic flights on Friday,...

    January 5, 2024

  • Fire in 12-story Apartment Building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, 11 People Injured

    A fire broke out in a room of a 12-story apartment building in Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo,...

    January 5, 2024

  • Air Traffic Controller ‘Unaware’ JCG Plane Entered Runway; JAL Crew, Passengers Also Being Questioned by Authorities

    An air traffic controller told transport ministry investigators that he was not aware a Japan Coast ...

    January 4, 2024

  • Suspicion of Human Error Grows in Haneda Airport Collision; Records Indicate Coast Guard Plane Not Told to Enter Runway

    Human error is increasingly suspected to have caused Tuesday’s collision between a Japan Airlines je...

    January 4, 2024

  • Well-Trained Crew Led ‘Miracle’ Evacuation of Burning Plane; Passengers Did Their Part by Following Instructions

    It has been called a “miracle” that all 379 people aboard Japan Airlines Flight 516 successfully esc...

    January 4, 2024

  • British Govt to Dispatch Inspection Team to Haneda Airport on Plane Crash; Rolls-Royce Engines Used in Destroyed Airbus Aircraft

    LONDON - The British government's Air Accidents Investigation Branch announced Wednesday it has disp...

    January 4, 2024

  • A Passenger of Destroyed JAL Aircraft: JAL Says It Will Pay ¥100,000 for Consolation Money, Another ¥100,000 for Lost Baggage

    Following the fatal collision between a Japan Airlines and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway ...

    January 4, 2024

  • Fire Breaks Out in Restaurant-Packed District of Kitakyushu; Buildings Damaged, No Injuries Reported (UPDATE 1)

    KITAKYUSHU — A number of restaurants suffered damage after a fire broke out in a dining and shopping...

    January 3, 2024

  • Japan Coast Guard Mourns Crew Members Who Died in Runway Collision; JAL Says Its Plane Was Given Landing Permission

    A Japan Coast Guard official on Tuesday expressed his deep sadness at the loss of five crew members ...

    January 3, 2024

  • ‘Tremendous Flames Spread,’ ‘Relieved to Be Alive,’ JAL Passengers Recount Runway Collision

    Flames engulfed a Japan Airlines plane landing at Haneda Airport with 379 people on board Tuesday ni...

    January 3, 2024

  • French Experts to Join Probe of Haneda Airport Collision

    PARIS — The French agency for investigating aviation accidents said Tuesday it will dispatch a team ...

    January 3, 2024

  • Recording Shows Japan Coast Guard Aircraft Not Given OK to Enter Runway Prior to Collision at Haneda Airport (Update 2)

    A Japan Coast Guard aircraft was not given permission by a Haneda Airport air traffic controller to ...

    January 3, 2024

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