FILE PHOTO: Japan Airlines' A350 airplane is on fire at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, Japan January 2, 2024. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A labour union representing air traffic controllers in Japan has called for a "significant increase" in staff to improve the safety of operations at airports in the wake of a deadly crash at Tokyo's Haneda airport last month.
The statement issued late on Tuesday by the chair of the transport workers' union executive committee did not say staffing issues contributed to the Jan. 2 crash between a Japan Airlines (JAL) jet and a smaller Coast Guard turboprop.
