管制官、８月から１４人増　羽田など５空港、衝突事故で―国交省

　羽田空港で１月、日本航空と海上保安庁の航空機が衝突炎上した事故を受け、国土交通省は２６日、来月１日から羽田など離着陸回数の多い５空港で、管制官を計１４人増やすと発表した。パイロットとの無線交信をモニターするなどし、離着陸の監視態勢を強化する。
　増員するのは羽田のほか、成田、関西、福岡、那覇の４空港。羽田で６人、４空港ではそれぞれ２人ずつ増やす。各空港の事務室から異動させる。
　増員により、管制官の定員は２０６８人となるが、１２０人程度の欠員が生じているため、管制官を養成する航空保安大学校の採用枠を今後増やす。（2024/07/26-15:20）

Japan's transport ministry said Friday that 14 air traffic controllers will be added from Thursday at five busy airports following a deadly aircraft collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in January.
   The increase is aimed at boosting surveillance of takeoffs and landings, including through monitoring of radio contacts with pilots.
   The five airports are Haneda Airport, Narita International Airport near Tokyo, Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, Fukuoka Airport in the Kyushu southwestern region and Naha Airport in southernmost Okinawa Prefecture.
   Of the 14 controllers, six will be allocated to Haneda and two each to the other four airports.
   Following the increase, the authorized number of air traffic controllers will be 2,068, of which about 120 are vacant. The vacancies will be filled by hiring more students from Aeronautical Safety College, which trains such controllers.