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[Breaking News]JAL pilots did not see coast guard plane when touching down

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo -The pilots of the Japan Airlines jetliner that collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo's Haneda airport told an internal probe that they could not visually confirm the presence of the JCG plane when touching down, according to the company.(Kyodo)

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JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines pilots, some wearing Santa Claus and other Christmas costumes, visit children at a nursery school within Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 16, 2013.

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JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

JAL pilots in Christmas costumes

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines pilots, some wearing Santa Claus and other Christmas costumes, visit children at a nursery school within Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 16, 2013.

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New uniforms for JAL employees

New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.

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New uniforms for JAL employees

New uniforms for JAL employees

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Co. unveils Dec. 20, 2012, at Tokyo's Haneda airport new uniforms for its pilots, cabin attendants and other employees to be introduced during the first half of the fiscal year starting April 2013.

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts.

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts.

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts.

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants.

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JAL puts on hold training for 151 future pilots

JAL puts on hold training for 151 future pilots

TOKYO, Japan - A trainee pilot operates a jumbo jet cockpit simulator at a Japan Airlines training facility in Tokyo in this file photo from March 1996. JAL sources said on June 3, 2010, that the airline, undergoing state-backed restructuring, has almost entirely put on hold its training program for 151 future pilots.

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL planes

(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL planes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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Pilots' union meets press on near-miss incident

Pilots' union meets press on near-miss incident

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of a Japanese pilots' union meet the press at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 3 regarding the Jan. 31 near-miss incident involving two Japan Airlines (JAL) planes over central Japan. Forty-two passengers and crew members were injured in the near miss between JAL Flight 907, a Boeing 747 bound for Okinawa from Tokyo's Haneda airport, and Flight 958, a DC-10 en route to Narita airport from Pusan in South Korea.

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JAL puts on hold training for 151 future pilots

JAL puts on hold training for 151 future pilots

TOKYO, Japan - A trainee pilot operates a jumbo jet cockpit simulator at a Japan Airlines training facility in Tokyo in this file photo from March 1996. JAL sources said on June 3, 2010, that the airline, undergoing state-backed restructuring, has almost entirely put on hold its training program for 151 future pilots. (Kyodo)

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Pilots and flight attendants of Japan Airlines Corp. ask the company to retract its plan to cut some 170 pilots and flight attendants in Tokyo on Dec. 27, 2010, as its voluntary retirement program has failed to meet a job reduction target under its revival efforts. The airline is expected to execute the cut on Dec. 31. (Kyodo)

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants. (Kyodo)

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JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

JAL to ax about 170 pilots, flight attendants

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines Corp. President Masaru Onishi (L), beside Chairman Kazuo Inamori, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2010. Onishi announced that the struggling airline will dismiss about 170 pilots and flight attendants. (Kyodo)

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts. (Kyodo)

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts. (Kyodo)

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JAL dismissals

JAL dismissals

TOKYO, Japan - Fired employees of Japan Airlines Corp. hand leaflets to pedestrians in front of the Tokyo District Court in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2011. A total of 146 former pilots and flight attendants of JAL filed a lawsuit with the court that day, seeking to nullify the carrier's decision to dismiss them at the end of 2009 as part of its rehabilitation efforts. (Kyodo)

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL plane

(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL plane

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows a Japan Airlines plane. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows Japan Airlines Co.'s logo on a tail fin. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

JAL flight delays due to failed alcohol tests

Photo taken Nov. 15, 2018, shows a Japan Airlines plane. Airline officials said the same day that 12 JAL flights have been delayed since August 2017 after pilots failed pre-flight alcohol tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flightless JAL pilots making debuts finally after 2010 bankruptcy

Flightless JAL pilots making debuts finally after 2010 bankruptcy

Japan Airlines Co. pilot Tatsuhiko Senzaki speaks at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 27, 2017. Around 100 people who joined the company as pilot candidates but never had a chance to work in the air due to the airline's 2010 bankruptcy are finally making their debuts on domestic flights. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pilots' union meets press on near-miss incident

Pilots' union meets press on near-miss incident

TOKYO, Japan - Officials of a Japanese pilots' union meet the press at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 3 regarding the Jan. 31 near-miss incident involving two Japan Airlines (JAL) planes over central Japan. Forty-two passengers and crew members were injured in the near miss between JAL Flight 907, a Boeing 747 bound for Okinawa from Tokyo's Haneda airport, and Flight 958, a DC-10 en route to Narita airport from Pusan in South Korea.

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