An Air China passenger plane landed at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Saturday despite instructions from the air traffic controller to abandon and reattempt the landing, officials said. The transport ministry said Monday it has inquired with Air China about the incident. According to the ministry, the air traffic controller gave Air China Flight 181, originating in Beijing, permission to land at about 1:15 p.m. but then called for a reattempt of the landing due to the possibility of another aircraft remaining on the runway. The pilots asked for the instruction to be repeated and were told again to go around, but they proceeded to land anyway. With the preceding aircraft already off the runway, the Air China airplane landed safely. The ministry is investigating the possibility that the pilots could not hear the instructions clearly.<br/>
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A deal between United Continental and two hedge funds seeking to shake up its board looks increasingly likely, sources told CNBC on Monday. An agreement may come within the next week, the sources added. The hedge funds, Altimeter Capital Management and PAR Capital Management, collectively hold a 7.1% stake in United. They announced last month that they would nominate six directors to United's board amid concerns about its stock performance. The proxy fight has escalated, and United pilots even protested the funds in Boston last week. Altimeter and PAR have said they are not targeting CEO Oscar Munoz, who recently returned from medical leave, but United's board. United's agreement with the funds could include new directors in addition to the three independent directors added last month, sources said. An agreement could also bring an independent chairman, they said.<br/>