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B-747 grazes the Tower in the Tokyo downtown: it is reported after a month

Tokyo, Japan - The Nippon newspaper's hypothesis are discordant, believable pilot's error

The Japanese Ministry of Transport confirmed what the Nippon newspaper "Mainichi" revealed in front-page: the last September 19, during the peak of "September 11" alert-time, an Orient Thai airline Boeing-747, flying from Bangkok and bound for Tokyo-Haneda Airport, would have veered off course grazing the Tokyo Tower - accurate copy of the Eiffel Tower - in the downtown of the city. It is an out-and-out...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105471
Rome, Italy, 10/18/2004 14:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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