Fun at Naha Airport - Japan

Boeing 737-881 Incident (Japan)

Date:	03-JUN-2015
Time:	13:23 JST
Type:	Boeing 737-881(WL)
Owner/operator:	All Nippon Airways ANA
Registration:	JA80AN
C/n / msn:	44558/5216
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 83
Other fatalities:	0
Airplane damage:	Unknown
Location:	Naha Airport (OKA/ROAH) -    Japan
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:	Naha Airport (OKA/ROAH)
Destination airport:	New Chitose Airport (CTS/RJCC)

Narrative:
Two commercial airplanes and a military helicopter were involved in two successive serious incidents at Naha Airport. All Nippon flight ANA/NH1694, a Boeing 737-800 registered JA80AN, rejected take-off from the runway 18 of Naha Airport, since Japan Air Self-Defence Force's CH-47 helicopter (registration unknown, 7 onboard) took off toward Kumejima Airport (UEO/ROKJ) and flew across the runway from east to west without ATC take-off clearance during ANA plane's take-off roll. The pilots of CH-47 mistook ANA's take-off clearance for its own one. While JA80AN was on the runway after rejection of take-off, Japan Transocean Air flight JTA/NU610 from New Ishigaki Airport (ISG/ROIG), a Boeing 737-4Q3 (JA8938, C/N 29485/3085, 44 onboard), landed on the same runway, though the Naha tower ordered to go-around just before JTA's touchdown. No person were injured in both incidents. The flight ANA/NH1694 was cancelled after the incidents, and JA80AN was out of service for maintenance (possibly of the wheel brake issue).