Officials search for voice recorder in debris of Japan runway collision

The burnt-out Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Transport safety officials are searched for a voice recorder from the severely burned fuselage of a Japan Airlines plane, seeking information on what caused a collision with a small coastguard plane on the runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport.

On Saturday, heavy machinery was working for a second day to remove debris of the burned Airbus A350 for storage in a hangar to allow the runway to reopen. Wreckage from the coastguard plane has already been cleared.