On this episode of AvTalk, we explore what we know so far about the collision between Japan Airlines flight JL516 and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft in Tokyo on 2 January. We spend time laying out the facts we know so far and then work through some of the areas of focus for investigators as the begin the task of understanding what happened and why.
Companion reading for this episodeInvestigators release their final report on the Yeti Airlines ATR crash in Pokhara, a man uses an emergency exit door to run onto the ramp and is then found dead inside the engine of an aircraft parked on the deicing pad in Salt Lake City, and 737 MAX operators need to check for loose nuts. Plus much more aviation news from the past few weeks while we’ve been on break.
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