Serious incident to the Airbus EC225 registered JA687A on 22/04/2022 at Kansai

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Japanese authorities:

Around 12:13 JST on April 22, 2022, the aircraft was approaching the Heli-pad in Kansai International Airport (RJBB) after receiving a landing clearance from air traffic controller (ATC), when it observed an inspection vehicle in the vicinity of the Heli-pad.

Then the aircraft reported this to the ATC then made a go-around in accordance with the instructions of ATC.

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General information
Local date	22/04/2022
Responsible entity	Japan - JTSB
State or area of occurrence	Japan
Location	AD Kansai
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2022-0173

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Helicopter - Large helicopter
Operator	Japan - Other (Japan Coast Guard)
Manufacturer / Model	EUROCOPTER - EC225
Aircraft Registration	JA687A
State of registry	Japan
Last departure point	Japan
Planned destination	Japan - RJBB (KIX) : Kansai intl
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	2663
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Unknown

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