Lights designed to prevent runway incursions were out of service when a Japan Coast Guard plane collided with an arriving Japan Airlines Co. passenger jet at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2.

These lights are red lights embedded in a runway and taxiway that illuminate to alert pilots when two aircraft are taking off and landing on the same runway, or when two aircraft might be entering ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An aircraft operated by Qantas’ regional offshoot ploughed through about seven lights along the edge of a runway during take-off ...