Five of the six people on board the Coast Guard plane were killed. The captain and all 379 people on board the wide-body Airbus SE A350 aircraft were able to survive.
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The text indicates that the patrol plane did not have permission to be on the runway before the accident, while the JAL passenger plane was allowed to land, as Bloomberg previously reported.
At a news conference earlier, Coast Guard officials avoided saying whether the captain had misunderstood instructions from the tower, saying they would leave the findings to the ongoing investigation.
They said it was possible there were other interactions besides the recorded exchanges with the watchtower.
While ground collisions are rare, they can be just as deadly as those that occur in the air. In the United States, airlines have faced a number of close calls in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as an increase in travel has coincided with a shortage of air traffic controllers.
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Last year, the US Federal Aviation Administration ordered more training for controllers after a rise in near-crash cases.
Previous fatal accidents on the ground include a 1991 collision between a US Air 737 and a Skywest Airlines turboprop that killed 35 people, and the deadliest disaster in aviation history: in 1977, two Boeing 747s collided Jumbo in Tenerife, killing 583 people. the people. Only 61 survived.
A transcript of air traffic control interactions with multiple aircraft has been provided to investigators, Tetsu Saito, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, said at a news conference.
Investigators were seen around the crash sites on Runway C at Tokyo Haneda Airport. The footage showed the Airbus A350 a burned-out corpse, with only the wings remaining somewhat intact.
A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 caught fire on the tarmac in Tokyo.credit: AP
The Coast Guard plane was destroyed beyond recognition, and investigators examined the mangled wreckage.
The ranger was using the Dash 8 helicopter to deliver emergency aid to victims of the Jan. 1 earthquake in northwestern Japan.
JAL estimates that the collision will result in an operating loss of about 15 billion yen ($155 million).
The company said that the loss of the plane will be covered by insurance, adding that it is evaluating the impact on its profit expectations.
Insurance industry sources said US insurer AIG was the lead underwriter on a $130 million ($192 million) “all-risk” policy for the two-year-old A350. AIG declined to comment.
It was the world's first ever loss of airframe, according to the Aviation Safety Network. The type, made largely of carbon composite, entered commercial service in 2015.
Bloomberg, AP
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