AIRLINE: Why the big investigation? It's either ATC or pilot error? Mike Burris Cambridge, Mass --- mgreenwood@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > My question is why this would necessitate the > shutting down of the runway if > the incursion took place on a taxiway? > > Mark > > > Tokyo's Narita Airport had to close one of its two > runways for nearly an hour > on Wednesday after an incoming plane ended up facing > an outgoing aircraft on > the taxiway, airport officials said. > > The two planes -- a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines > passenger aircraft arriving from > Amsterdam and a South Korean Asiana Airlines plane > preparing to depart for > Incheon -- were taxiing towards each other, the > officials said. They did not > collide. > > The runway at Japan's main international air hub > just north of Tokyo was > closed for about an hour while workers removed the > planes, they said. > > "We still don't know why it happened. Investigations > are under way," one of > the officials said. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail