1-1.5 years sought for air traffic controllers over 2001 near miss
January 25, 2006Public prosecutors demanded one year and one and a half years in prison Wednesday for two air traffic controllers charged with professional negligence in almost causing two Japan Airlines planes to collide in January 2001 over the Pacific off Shizuoka Prefecture. Both Hideki Hachitani, 31, for whom one year was sought, and Yasuko Momii, 37, for whom one year and a half was demanded, have pleaded not guilty during their trial at the Tokyo District Court.