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Haneda runway closed by crash to reopen on Monday

TOKYO, Jan 07 (NHK) - The transport ministry says Runway C at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, where a Japan Airlines passenger plane and a Coast Guard aircraft collided last week, will reopen on Monday.

More than 200 flights have been canceled each day since the accident occurred on Tuesday.

On Sunday, Japan Airlines canceled 98 flights, All Nippon Airways 96, Starflyer eight and Solaseed Air six. This affected about 31,190 passengers, including 14,790 who booked tickets on JAL flights and 16,400 on ANA.

Following investigations by the Japan Transport Safety Board, the wreckage of the aircraft was removed.

The removal of the debris of the Coast Guard aircraft was completed on Friday, and that of the JAL plane on Sunday afternoon.

The ministry says lamps near the runway were broken, and its surface was damaged in a wide area.

The runway has already been repaired, and staff are cleaning up the grass area beside the runway where Japan Airlines' aircraft debris was.

Once reopened on Monday, ANA plans to resume operation of all flights, and Japan Airlines will operate all but 14 flights between Haneda and airports in Osaka, Fukuoka and Kumamoto.

All service is expected to return to normal on Wednesday.

Japan Airlines and ANA say they canceled a total of 1,227 domestic flights over a 6-day period between Tuesday and Sunday, affecting 221,910 passengers.

Source: ANNnewsCH

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