Lights designed to prevent runway incursions were out of service when a Japan Coast Guard plane collided with an arriving Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.
Lights designed to prevent runway incursions were out of service when a Japan Coast Guard plane collided with an arriving Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.
Not an excuse for the Coast Guard pilot to ignore the tower.
But it might allow for enough blame-shifting to prevent him from getting capital punishment for killing four of his own and causing millions in damage.