Earlier today, the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released the full transcript of ATC communications around the time of yesterday’s accident at Tokyo Haneda Airport.
I decided to add the full text here as I could not find it elsewhere online in text form (other than in Japanese or versions translated back into English from the English-to-Japanese translation provided by MLIT).
Haneda Airport Collision ATC Communications Transcript
Below is the full English transcript provided by the ministry. The full Japanese transcript (translated from English) can be found here.
Bolding and color coding (red for Tokyo Tower, black for Japan Air 516 – the A350 involved in the accident, blue for JA722A – the Dash 8 involved in the accident, and grey for aircraft unrelated to the accident) are my own to make it clearer which parts are relevant to the accident and which parts were communicated by whom.
| Time (JST) | Station | Contents |
| 17:43:02 | Japan Air 516 | Tokyo Tower, Japan Air 516, spot 18. |
| Tokyo Tower | Japan Air 516, Tokyo Tower, good evening, runway 34R, continue approach, wind 320 at 7, we have departure. | |
| 17:43:12 | Japan Air 516 | Japan Air 516, continue approach, 34R. |
| 17:43:26 | Delta 276 | Tokyo Tower, Delta 276 with you on C, proceeding to holding point, 34R. |
| Tokyo Tower | Delta 276, Tokyo Tower, good evening, taxi to holding point C1. | |
| Delta 276 | Holding point C1, Delta 276. | |
| 17:44:56 | Tokyo Tower | Japan Air 516, runway 34R, cleared to land, wind 310 at 8. |
| 17:45:01 | Japan Air 516 | Cleared to land, runway 34R, Japan Air 516. |
| 17:45:11 | JA722A | Tower, JA722A, C. |
| Tokyo Tower | JA722A, Tokyo Tower, good evening, number 1, taxi to holding point C5. | |
| 17:45:19 | JA722A | Taxi to holding point C5, JA722A, number 1. Thank you. |
| 17:45:40 | Japan Air 179 | Tokyo Tower, Japan Air 179, taxi to holding point C1. |
| Tokyo Tower | Japan Air 179, Tokyo Tower, good evening, number 3, taxi to holding point C1. | |
| Japan Air 179 | Taxi to holding point C1, we are ready, Japan Air 179. | |
| 17:45:56 | Japan Air 166 | Tokyo Tower, Japan Air 166, spot 21. |
| Tokyo Tower | Japan Air 166, Tokyo Tower, good evening, number 2, runway 34R, continue approach, wind 320 at 8, we have departure, reduce speed to 160 knots. | |
| 17:46:06 | Japan Air 166 | Reduce 160 knots, runway 34R, continue approach, Japan Air 166, good evening. |
| 17:47:23 | Tokyo Tower | Japan Air 166, reduce minimum approach speed. |
| Japan Air 166 | Japan Air 166. | |
| 17:47:27 | (silence for three seconds) | |
Summary
A few hours ago, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism released the full transcript of ATC communications that took place in about four minutes around yesterday’s tragic accident.
I had a trouble locating the full original version so, given that I finally found it in a video, decided to transcribe it and post it here in case you were looking for it.
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Some resources claim that JAL516 and JA722A communicated with tower on different frequencies, and hence were not aware of each other. This transcript does not mention it, which is a big contributory factor, if it confirms to be true.
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