It's believed human error could have been one of the main factors in the fatal plane crash at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Transcripts of air traffic communications show a passenger jet had been cleared to land when it collided with a coast guard plane that had not yet received permission to be on the runway.
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00:00 The charred fuselage of Flight 516.
00:05 Every piece, each fragment, analysed for clues.
00:09 Critical to understanding how two planes could collide at one of the world's busiest airports.
00:15 Air traffic control communications have been released
00:18 showing the Japan Airlines flight had been cleared to land.
00:21 Moments later, the Coast Guard pilot was told to taxi to holding point.
00:26 I think the cause of this accident was not a mechanical issue from the aircraft.
00:32 It was a human error.
00:35 Nothing in the transcript suggests the smaller Dash 8 plane was approved to go onto the runway,
00:40 which leaves the question as to why it was there.
00:44 I think the pilot of the Japan Coast Guard plane misunderstood something he heard.
00:49 Sadly, part of this disaster could be due to miscommunication.
00:54 The captain of the Coast Guard plane said he did have permission to enter the runway,
00:58 but a Coast Guard official has acknowledged there's no indication he was cleared to do so.
01:04 Six people were on board that plane.
01:06 Five died in the collision, the pilot the only survivor, although he's been badly injured.
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