# planes collide in japan

CV-22 Osprey Crashes Off Southern Japan with 8 Airmen Aboard » A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey carrying eight Airmen crashed off the coast of Japan on Nov. 29, but the cause of the crash is still unclear. Airandspaceforces.com

Japan coast guard plane not cleared for takeoff before runway crash, traffic control transcript suggests | CNN » A Japanese coast guard aircraft which collided with a passenger plane at Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport was instructed only to “taxi to holding point” and had not been cleared for takeoff, an official transcript of air traffic control communications released Wednesday suggests. Cnn.com

Chinese Fighter Comes 10 Feet from B-52 in Nighttime Intercept » U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said a Chinese J-11 fighter intercepted a USAF B-52 bomber and created the danger of a collision on Oct. 24. Airandspaceforces.com

How a fiery plane crash at Japan's Haneda Airport unfolded: Graphics detail the collision » Five Coast Guard crew members were killed and all 379 jet passengers and crew escaped after the planes collided on a dark runway. Usatoday.com

7 downed airmen’s locations unknown days after Osprey crash near Japan » Several military and civilian search-and-rescue units are scouring the water and coastline around the island of Yakushima, Japan. Airforcetimes.com

Pentagon Grounds Entire $34B Fleet of Troubled Aircraft After Yet Another Deadly Crash » The V-22 Osprey is prone to crashes and the Navy, Air Force, and Marines have grounded all of them while it investigates. Vice.com

A GPS Transponder Could Have Prevented Japan's Fatal Plane Crash » On January 2, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 with 379 people on board crashed into a Japanese Coast Guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. It left five of the six Coast Guard crew members dead and caused the A350 to burst into flames after it skidded down the runway. Luckily, everyone on board evacuated safely and there were just 14 minor injuries. Autos.yahoo.com

Concerns mount over runway technology gap as Japan probes crash » A runway collision at Tokyo's Haneda airport has raised concerns over a gap in alerting technology, weeks after the global aviation industry faced new warnings about runway safety. Reuters.com