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Chairman to resign over mounting safety concerns

Monday, May 9, 2005 | 9:49 a.m.

TOKYO -- Japan Airlines said today its chairman was resigning, a day after a drop in cabin pressure forced a JAL flight from New York to Tokyo with 355 people aboard to make an emergency landing.

Also Sunday another JAL flight carrying 85 passengers bound for Manila was rerouted when the plane's altimeter malfunctioned, officials said. There were no injuries in either incident.

Isao Kaneko, will resign at the end of the month to take responsibility for a string of safety lapses at Japan's largest carrier, company spokesman Teiji Murayama said.

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