Most people have the impression that Japanese people are very rigorous, meticulous, and even a little "rigid" in their work.
When we talk about the "spirit of craftsmanship", we can also think of Japan.
However, in the past month, there have been three plane collisions in Japan.
It's incredible!
A brief look at these three accidents, I will talk about them in reverse order.
The most recent was yesterday (February 1).
At around 10:10 a.m. that day, two of Japan's All Nippon Airways planes collided on the tarmac.
The place of the incident is Osaka Itami Airport.
Both aircraft are Bombardier DHC-8 regional jets flying domestic routes in Japan.
One was Flight 1637 (69 passengers, 4 crew members) from Osaka to Matsuyama, which was waiting for takeoff.
The other was Flight 422 (65 passengers, 4 crew members) from Fukuoka to Osaka, which was about to enter the tarmac.
As a result, the wings of the two planes collided.
Fortunately, the accident was not serious, and the more than 140 passengers and crew members on both planes were not injured, which can be said to be a blessing in misfortune.
But 10 flights were still cancelled.
Even in the afternoon, there were still flights at Osaka Airport that were affected by the morning accident.
In the middle of this incident, two foreign planes collided at a Japanese airport.
The incident occurred at around 5:30 p.m. on January 16.
The place of the incident is Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport.
At that time, an Airbus A330 of South Korea's Korean Air was preparing to fly back to Seoul's Incheon International Airport.
While taxiing, the plane crashed into a Cathay Pacific plane from Hong Kong, China, which was parked in a parking stand.
At the time, there was no one on board the Cathay Pacific plane.
However, the Korean Air plane had 13 crew members and 276 passengers on board.
Fortunately, the plane was very slow at that time, so the personnel were safe.
As a result, the left main wing of the Korean Air aircraft was damaged, and the vertical tail of the Cathay Pacific aircraft was damaged.
Two planes collided.
The first incident happened exactly a month ago.
At around 5:47 p.m. on January 2 this year, an Airbus A350 of Japan Airlines flew from Hokkaido to Tokyo's Haneda International Airport.
While landing, the plane suddenly crashed into a Japan Coast Guard aircraft (registration number JA722A).
The day before (that is, on January 1), Japan suddenly struck the Noto Peninsula** (magnitude 7.).Level 6).
The Coast Guard plane was originally going to fly to Niigata Air Base for a disaster relief mission.
As a result, I didn't expect the disaster relief to take place, but it caused a disaster first.
When the two planes collided, sparks flew and a skyrocketing fire immediately ignited.
Smoke billowed from the Japan Airlines airliner, and the plane taxied for about 1 while in flames2 km to stop.
The fire burned for 8 hours and was not extinguished until about 2 a.m. the next day, and the fuselage was almost completely burned except for the main wing.
The Coast Guard's plane was directly knocked into the ground and burned to the point that only the wreckage remained.
The wreckage of the plane after the accident.
On the Coast Guard plane, except for the captain, who escaped, the other five people died on the spot.
Everyone on board the Japan Airlines airliner escaped.
There were 12 crew members and 367 passengers on board.
However, it took only 18 minutes for the crew to evacuate, including 8 infants, 2 disabled people who needed wheelchairs, and of course, many foreigners.
The only thing to be thankful for is this.
However, there were 3 accidents in a month, which was shocking.
To a considerable extent, airplanes are currently one of the safest means of transportation on our planet.
There are statistics that in nearly 10 modes of travel, the death rate of air vehicles is 0 per billion kilometers05 people, is the lowest, followed by bus 04 people, followed by 06 people, the highest motorcycle up to 1089 people!
Also, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, everyone has the impression that the Japanese are rigorous and almost rigid, and fine management is also a characteristic of Japanese society as a whole.
However, the successive aviation accidents in Japan this time have been a big surprise.
Accident investigations often take a long time, and according to the information disclosed so far, all three accidents were largely "man-made".
The most likely cause of the first accident is currently a misinterpretation of the ATC directive.
In the second accident, the airport operator said that the ground was icy and the plane's tractor skidd.
The third accident (that is, yesterday this time), there is no specific information about the cause of the accident for the time being.
However, both planes were in a low-speed state, and the collision was most likely due to human factors.
The wreckage of the plane after the accident on January 2.
The Airbus A350 first flew in June 2013, and it has been more than 10 years since then, with almost 300 million passengers on board.
However, the world's first total loss of Airbus A350 aircraft occurred in Japan, that is, the runway collision accident at Haneda Airport on January 2 this year.
An accident doesn't say anything.
However, there have been 3 plane collisions in a month, which can be explained
Japan's management may not be as good as most people think.