TOKYO: Crews at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport started clearing the charred wreckage of a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane from a runway on Friday (Jan 5), footage from Japanese broadcaster TBS showed, as investigators sought further clues to what caused the deadly accident.
The JAL Airbus A350 collided with a Japanese Coast Guard turboprop on the runway while landing in Tokyo on Tuesday. All 379 people on the JAL aircraft escaped before it was engulfed in flames, but five of the six crew on the Coast Guard craft died.
An official from the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) said the cockpit voice recorder of the JAL plane has not yet been recovered. The craft’s flight data recorder was retrieved on Wednesday, the official said.
Officials aim to complete the removal of the wreckage, which includes dismantling the aircraft, by Jan 7 and it will be taken to its hangar, where the aircraft will be inspected by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the TBS report said.
Crews began removal of the Coast Guard plane on Thursday, TBS said.
Source: CNA
