japio1 Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Just saw on ITV thai news that a Orient Thai 747 nearly hit the tower in Narita. Does anybody have more news? I missed most of it as my thai is very basic at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 I heard yesterday that it was flying into Haneda and nearly hit one of the tall towers in Tokyo. Also heard that it was the pilot's or flight's first trip. Again, sketchy details at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhumvit Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Missed a Tokyo copy of the Eiffel tower by 200 m. Apparently the charter plane was on its way to collect passengers for onward transmission to Phuket. The pilot was supposed to brief his crew about the approach but failed to do so and has been suspended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 Latest http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=&id=315867 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamui Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 More details: Mainichi Shimbun Jumbo jet in near miss with Tokyo Tower A chartered jumbo jet came perilously close to a near miss with Tokyo Tower after straying off course during a flight last month, Transport Ministry sources said. And even as the Thai Orient Airways jet flew at dangerously low levels over some of the most densely populated parts of the capital, there was no radio contact between the aircraft and the control tower at Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Thai Orient Airways officials have decided to punish the captain of the Sept. 19 flight and will re-train the crew. "Crewmembers did not study Japanese flight manuals well enough and the captain failed to explain the landing procedures to them," an airline official said. Transport Ministry officials said the flight passed over Tokyo Bay early on the morning of Sept. 19 and at 12:15 a.m. received clearance for a visual landing at Haneda Airport. However, instead of landing, the plane circled central and southern Tokyo at heights as low as 420 meters, coming within a mere 200 meters of Tokyo Tower. For the seven minutes while the jet was making the unauthorized loop of Tokyo until it received a final clearance for landing, there was no radio contact between the jet and Haneda's control tower. The plane eventually landed without incident, but the ministry questioned air traffic controllers about it. One admitted being surprised at the course the jet had taken, but did not say anything once he noticed the aircraft was back on course and heading for Haneda. "There are no set flight paths for aircraft once permission to land has been given. The weather was good and the control tower had things under control," a ministry spokesman said. "Still, even if there is no legal requirement to do so, air traffic controllers could have at least given the captain a bit of advice and let him know what to do after he had obviously gone off course." (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Oct. 18, 2004) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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