Today's Close-Up S2024E01 - Tokyo Haneda Airport Collision: Critical Decisions that Saved Lives

A Japan Airlines passenger jet hit a Japan Coast Guard plane on a runway at Haneda Airport on January 2. Five personnel on the JCG aircraft died, but all 379 people on board the passenger jet survived in an evacuation some have called a "miracle." NHK looks into the circumstances surrounding the two aircraft and the flight controllers. Together with aviation experts, we analyze why the fail-safe system didn't work and how the successful evacuation was made.

Guest:
Inoue Shinichi (Aviation analyst, Former All Nippon Airways captain)