Tokyo Area Control Center
{{Short description|Air traffic control center in Saitama Prefecture, Japan}}
Image:TokorozawaCommunicationsTower.jpg
{{nihongo|Tokyo Area Control Center[http://www.icao.int/cgi/goto_m_apac.pl?icao/en/ro/apac/2005/RVSM_TF26/RVSM_TF26rpt.pdf REPORT OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE RVSM IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE (RVSM/TF/26)]," International Civil Aviation Organization Asia-Pacific Office|東京航空交通管制部|Tōkyō Kōkūkōtsūkanseibu|"Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center"}} is an air traffic control center located in the Namiki area of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan in the Greater Tokyo Area. The center is north of the special wards of Tokyo.
As of 2001 the center controlled airspace in the Kantō, Jōetsu, Tōhoku, Chūbu, and Hokuriku regions and a portion of the Kansai region."[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/02/03/national/blame-pinned-on-air-traffic-controllers/ Blame pinned on air traffic controllers]," ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140308105704/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2001/02/03/national/blame-pinned-on-air-traffic-controllers/ Archive]) The Japan Times. February 3, 2001. Retrieved on March 8, 2014.
Incidents
On Wednesday, January 31, 2001, two Japan Airlines aircraft narrowly avoided a mid-air collision. The two airliners conflicted. Japan Airlines Flight 958, using a Douglas DC-10, descended according to traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) instructions. A center employee told Japan Airlines Flight 907, using a Boeing 747-400, to descend while its TCAS told the pilots to climb.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080205211328/http://www.ates.tacc.go.jp/guide/guidtacc.htm Tokyo Area Control Center]
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Category:Air traffic control centers
Category:Buildings and structures in Tokorozawa, Saitama