On the afternoon of the 8th, at Kagoshima Airport, a New Japan Aviation light aircraft entered the runway without the permission of the controller, and there was a problem that the passenger plane that was about to land was restarted on the way.
The Japan Transport Safety Board has decided to dispatch an aircraft accident investigator to investigate the cause of a serious incident that could lead to an accident.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, a light aircraft of New Japan Aviation accidentally entered the runway at Kagoshima Airport before 3:00 pm on the 8th, even though the controller had instructed it to wait in front of the runway. did.
For this reason, the Japan Air Commuter passenger plane, which had already received landing clearance, raised its altitude again about 3 km before the runway and landed again about 10 minutes later.
A total of 23 passengers and crew members on the passenger plane were not injured.
The light aircraft was planned to be trained for solo flight by one pilot.
The Japan Transport Safety Board has decided to dispatch an aircraft accident investigator to investigate the cause of a serious incident that could lead to an accident.
New Japan Aviation says, "We would like to refrain from commenting until the results of the accident investigation committee's investigation are available."