Two planes collided on a runway in Japan, within the second airport crash within the nation inside weeks.
A Korean Air Traces airplane got here into contact with a Cathay Pacific Airways plane at New Chitose Airport on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, a Korean Air official stated.
A Korean Air Traces airplane clipped a Cathay Pacific Airways plane at New Chitose Airport
(NHK Information)
In response to Hokkaido Airports, which operates New Chitose Airport, they obtained a report at round 5:30pm native time.
A Korean Air spokesperson stated: “A Korean Air plane got here into contact with a Cathay plane throughout pushback at New Chitose (Sapporo) Airport by the third-party floor handler car which slipped attributable to heavy snow. There have been no accidents and the airline is cooperating with all related authorities.”
Whereas there have been over 280 passengers and crew on board the Korean Air airplane, there have been no passengers on the Cathay Pacific airplane after it arrived, NHK reported.
In response to the fireplace division, there was no fireplace and nobody has been reported as injured thus far.
Greater than 46 flights have been cancelled at this time alone on the airport as a result of snowy circumstances within the area.
A press release from the airport earlier than the crash learn: “New Chitose Airport is experiencing flight delays and cancellations at this time attributable to heavy snow. Please examine along with your airline for particulars.”
An airport spokesperson was not instantly obtainable for remark.
It comes simply two weeks after a deadly airplane collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport left 5 folks useless.
A Japan Airways erupted into flames after the collision with a coastguard plane on the runway on January 2.
Footage from throughout the Japan Airways Airbus-A350, which was carrying 379 folks, together with eight youngsters, confirmed smoke pouring from beneath its wings because it landed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport at round 5.45pm native time (8.45am GMT).
By the point the airplane got here to a standstill, it was engulfed by flames as rescuers rushed to evacuate all of the passengers.
5 coastguard crew members had been killed within the collision. The pilot survived however was in a severe situation.
Simply two weeks in the past, a airplane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport left 5 folks useless
A passenger on board the business flight described the second their airplane appeared to have collided with the opposite plane.
“I felt a increase,” the unnamed passenger instructed the Kyodo information company, “like we had hit one thing and jerked upward the second we landed. I noticed sparks exterior the window and the cabin full of gasoline and smoke.”