(AUDIO) Communication between the Control Tower and the planes involved in the plane crash in Japan

Following an airplane accident, the investigation covers several possible causes that led to the tragedy. And in the case the plane crash in Japan, investigators are looking into several cases. From the first investigations, it appears that DHC-8 Japan Coast Guard entered the runway without the permission of the control tower!

Below you have a fragment of the communications between the air traffic controllers and the aircraft involved in the accident (via Ioana Cristina Galan):

• JAL516 = Japan Airlines A350-900 aircraft with passengers coming in to land.
• JA722A = Japan Coast Guard aircraft about to take off.
• Holding point = runway holding position is the position where all aircraft MUST wait for clearance from the traffic controller BEFORE entering the runway.
• Line up = lining up on the runway for take off.

• JAL516 receives clearance to land, which is ONLY given if the runway is clear of any other aircraft, cars or people.
• JA722A is cleared to taxi to the runway holding position.
  JA722A lines up on the runway WITHOUT receiving traffic controller approval.

The Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 (JA13XJ) had 379 people on board, 14 of whom suffered minor injuries. It was a young plane, year of manufacture 2021. It was flying from Sapporo-New Chitose to Tokyo-Haneda.

The aircraft de Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q MPA (JA722A), year of manufacture 2007, had 6 people on board, of whom 5 died, and one was hospitalized in serious condition. He was preparing to fly from Tokyo to Niigata.