Tokyo Chofu's small aircraft crash Compensation for the company of the captain, etc. Tokyo District Court 16th July 16:37
Five years ago, a small aircraft crashed into a residential area near Chofu Airfield in Tokyo's Chofu City. I sentenced him to a compensation order. We did not acknowledge the liability of Tokyo, which manages the airfield.
In 2015, a small propeller plane crashed into a nearby residential area immediately after taking off from Chofu Airfield, killing the captain, a passenger, and a 34-year-old woman who lived in the crashed house.
The bereaved family of women was compensated for over 95 million yen in "Ship Aviation" to which the captain belonged, "Japan Aerotech" who was maintaining and managing small aircraft, and Tokyo who issued permission to use the airfield I asked.
In a judgment, Makiko Kamoto, President of the Tokyo District Court, said, ``According to a report of the National Transportation Safety Commission, the cause of the accident was the overweight of the aircraft, and the pilot did not obligate to confirm the weight before takeoff. There was a mistake, and the management company did not provide the information necessary for the safe operation of the plane," he pointed out to the two companies for a total compensation of approximately 75.5 million yen.
On the other hand, he did not accept the liability of the city, saying, "It is not recognized that the city has a legal obligation not to allow the use of airfields for certain flights."