JTSB interim report: fatigue, HUD procedure failures and lack of sterile‑cockpit cited in January Haneda runway collision

The Japan Transport Safety Board's second interim report into the Jan. 2 Haneda collision finds pilot fatigue, improper HUD procedures and absence of sterile‑cockpit rules degraded crew monitoring of the runway; runway‑occupancy warnings were ignored and tower attention lapses compounded the failure. Five Japan Coast Guard personnel were killed; all 379 aboard the JAL A350 escaped.

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The report exposes systemic weaknesses in runway‑occupancy detection and tower monitoring, echoing risks shown when distracted tower controllers let aircraft proximity events go undetected (see the San Diego tower‑distraction close call: https://hype.aero/?story=99cf9a84-3330-42b0-be03-37331c09c73c).
Key human‑factor failures — fatigue, expectation bias, HUD procedure breakdown and lack of sterile‑cockpit discipline — align with causal themes from other recent runway and ground collisions (see the Houston Hobby findings on expectation bias and pilot distraction: https://hype.aero/?story=042aa618-914d-40b0-9b78-21ace15c0da0).
The investigation highlights procedural and oversight gaps (checklists, separation standards, evacuation equipment) that mirror prior accidents where operators lacked defined separation standards, underscoring the operational fixes regulators and operators must prioritize: https://hype.aero/?story=b4bf6800-c034-4172-a360-b840f965a7a2.

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