2001 Japan Airlines Mid-air Incident - Aftermath

Aftermath

By 18:00 on February 1 eight Flight 907 passengers remained hospitalized while 22 injured passengers had been released. Two passengers remained hospitalized at Kamata General Hospital (蒲田総合病院, Kamata Sōgō Byōin?). Two passengers remained hospitalized at Ichikawa No. 2 Hospital (市川第2病院, Ichikawa Daini Byōin?). In addition the following hospitals each had one passenger remaining: Takano Hospital (タカノ病院, Takano Byōin?), Kitasato University, Horinaka Hospital (堀中病院, Horinaka Byōin?), and Tokyo Rosai Hospital (東京労災病院, Tōkyō Rōsai Byōin?). All injured passengers recovered.

JAL sent apology letters to the passengers on the 747; injured passengers directly received messages, and uninjured passengers received messages via the mail.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) did not take action based on the occurrence of the near-miss. Japanese authorities called for measures that would prevent similar accidents from happening, but ICAO did not further investigate the incident until after the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision. The ICAO decided to fulfill Japan's request 18 months after the Japan Airlines incident.