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Japan Times
03-05-2025
- Automotive
- Japan Times
Control device found broken in April chopper crash in Japan
The Japan Transport Safety Board said Friday an investigation of an ambulance helicopter that fatally crashed last month has found that a key component controlling the aircraft's body had been broken. Based on the finding, the transport ministry the same day urged owners of helicopters of the same type to check the component called control rod for any abnormalities. The control rod is in the tail rotor section of a helicopter. Subject to the inspection are 85 helicopters from the EC135 series manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. The ministry called for the control rod to be replaced if problems are found. On April 6, the ambulance helicopter crashed off the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture in the Kyushu region while heading for a hospital in the city of Fukuoka, the capital of the namesake prefecture in the same region, after departing from an airport in Nagasaki. Of the six people on board, three, including a female patient, 86, and a 34-year-old male doctor, died in the accident. The helicopter was operated by SGC Saga Aviation, based in the city of Saga, the capital of Saga Prefecture in Kyushu. A regional branch of the Japan Coast Guard is investigating the crash for possible professional negligence resulting in death and injury. In December 2007, a helicopter of the same type owned by NHK crashed in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, killing its pilot. The control rod in the aircraft was later found to have been broken. Following the accident, steel control rods started to be used in place of aluminum ones.
03-05-2025
- Automotive
Control Device Found Broken in April Chopper Crash in Japan
News from Japan Society May 3, 2025 13:33 (JST) Tokyo, May 3 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Transport Safety Board said Friday an investigation of an ambulance helicopter that fatally crashed last month has found that a key component controlling the aircraft's body had been broken. Based on the finding, the transport ministry the same day urged owners of helicopters of the same type to check the component called control rod for any abnormalities. The control rod is in the tail rotor section of a helicopter. Subject to the inspection are 85 helicopters from the EC135 series manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. The ministry called for the control rod to be replaced if problems are found. On April 6, the ambulance helicopter crashed off the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region while heading for a hospital in the city of Fukuoka, the capital of the namesake prefecture in the same region, after departing from an airport in Nagasaki. Of the six people on board, three, including a female patient, 86, and a 34-year-old male doctor, died in the accident. The helicopter was operated by SGC Saga Aviation Co., based in the city of Saga, the capital of Saga Prefecture in Kyushu. [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
Kyodo News
25-04-2025
- General
- Kyodo News
Airline failed to give proper evacuation guidance in Japan bomb scare
KYODO NEWS - Apr 24, 2025 - 10:01 | All, Japan Crew on a domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co., which made an emergency landing following a bomb threat in 2023, failed to instruct passengers on how to use the evacuation slide safely, according to a report on the incident released Thursday. The report from the Japan Transport Safety Board said the company did not tell passengers how to correctly position themselves on the slide during evacuation. It also found passengers were not instructed how to get off the slide, nor were they asked to assist fellow passengers after reaching the ground. The evacuation occurred at Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Among the 142 passengers and crew who used the slide, 10 people fell, including a man in his 60s who jumped and suffered a broken hip. Four others suffered minor injuries after the Airbus A320, which departed Narita airport near Tokyo bound for Fukuoka in southwest Japan, was targeted with a bomb threat, according to the board under the transport ministry. A call was made to Narita airport in the early morning of Jan. 7, 2023, claiming that a bomb had been placed on the aircraft. Related coverage: Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat
The Mainichi
24-04-2025
- General
- The Mainichi
Jetstar Japan failed to give proper evacuation guidance in bomb scare
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Crew on a domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co., which made an emergency landing following a bomb threat in 2023, failed to instruct passengers on how to use the evacuation slide safely, according to a report on the incident released Thursday. The report from the Japan Transport Safety Board said the company did not tell passengers how to correctly position themselves on the slide during evacuation. It also found passengers were not instructed how to get off the slide, nor were they asked to assist fellow passengers after reaching the ground. The evacuation occurred at Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Among the 142 passengers and crew who used the slide, 10 people fell, including a man in his 60s who jumped and suffered a broken hip. Four others suffered minor injuries after the Airbus A320, which departed Narita airport near Tokyo bound for Fukuoka in southwest Japan, was targeted with a bomb threat, according to the board under the transport ministry. A call was made to Narita airport in the early morning of Jan. 7, 2023, claiming that a bomb had been placed on the aircraft.
Kyodo News
24-04-2025
- General
- Kyodo News
Airline failed to give proper evacuation guidance in Japan bomb scare
KYODO NEWS - 1 hour ago - 10:01 | All, Japan Crew on a domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co., which made an emergency landing following a bomb threat in 2023, failed to instruct passengers on how to use the evacuation slide safely, according to a report on the incident released Thursday. The report from the Japan Transport Safety Board said the company did not tell passengers how to correctly position themselves on the slide during evacuation. It also found passengers were not instructed how to get off the slide, nor were they asked to assist fellow passengers after reaching the ground. The evacuation occurred at Chubu Centrair Airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan. Among the 142 passengers and crew who used the slide, 10 people fell, including a man in his 60s who jumped and suffered a broken hip. Four others suffered minor injuries after the Airbus A320, which departed Narita airport near Tokyo bound for Fukuoka in southwest Japan, was targeted with a bomb threat, according to the board under the transport ministry. A call was made to Narita airport in the early morning of Jan. 7, 2023, claiming that a bomb had been placed on the aircraft. Related coverage: Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat
