On 30 November 2019, as an Airbus A320 was about to touch down in normal night visibility at Toyko Haneda, a runway maintenance contractor’s car began to cross the same runway without clearance, as the driver believed this was not necessary. Separation reduced to 1,417 metres shortly before the A320 began to clear the 3,000 metre runway. Planning for overnight work on the intersecting runway was found to have been inadequate and multiple related training requirements and procedures were enhanced by both the aviation regulator and the airport operator. The incursion was assessed as ICAO Category "C."
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On 30 November 2019, an Airbus A320 (JA806P) was being operated by Peach Aviation on a scheduled domestic passenger flight into Tokyo Haneda. Just before it touched down on destination landing runway 34L in night VMC as cleared, a small car began to cross the temporarily closed intersecting runway near the opposite end of the landing runway. Separation reduced to a minimum of 1,417 metres as the A320 approached halfway along the 3000 metre-long runway before it began to exit it at about two-thirds of its length, by which time the car was clear of the runway.
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