JAPAN PLANE FIRE: Coast Guard flight ‘was not equipped with modern ADS-B transponder’

Flight Radar 24, which tracks flights across the world, has offered more details on the collision.  It said the accident happened at 5.47pm local time as the Japan Airlines flight was landing.  The Japan Coast Guard aircraft is a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-315Q MPA - also known as a Bombardier Dash-8 - with registration JA772A.  … Continue reading JAPAN PLANE FIRE: Coast Guard flight ‘was not equipped with modern ADS-B transponder’