Another incident in Japan:
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/421402
Transport ministry investigates Chinese plane's unauthorized runway entry
Monday, November 12, 2007 at 12:48 EST
TOKYO — A transport ministry panel sent three inspectors Monday to Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture to investigate an incident Sunday in which a China Southern Airlines (CSN) plane, without permission, entered a runway on which an All Nippon Airways airliner was about to land.
Although a collision was avoided as the ANA plane aborted the landing on the instructions of an air traffic controller, the ministry decided to dispatch the inspectors from its Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission regarding the case as a serious incident with the risk of an accident, ministry officials said. The air traffic controller at around 1 p.m. Sunday told the CSN's Airbus A319, carrying 42 passengers and crew members, to wait before entering the runway to depart for Shenyang, northeastern China.
The plane recited the instruction, saying it would wait, it said.
At the time, an ANA Airbus A320 carrying 59 passengers and crew from Fukuoka was about to land on the runway.
After issuing the ANA plane permission to land, the air traffic controller noticed the CSN plane passing the halt line to the runway and told the ANA plane to abort the landing.
The ANA plane was about before 5 minutes from landing but climbed again at a point about 8 kilometers from the edge of the runway. The CSN plane stopped with about half of its length on the runway.
The air traffic controller, who was paying attention to the movement of the CSN plane due to a series of recent air traffic control problems, immediately noticed that the plane had passed the halt line, the officials said.
The CSN plane later took off after obtaining permission, and the ANA plane landed after about 15 minutes.
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