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CNN
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A Korean Air airplane clipped wings with a Cathay Pacific jet at an airport in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday amid heavy snow – an incident that comes simply weeks after a deadly plane collision in Tokyo.
No accidents have been reported within the collision at Hokkaido’s New Chitose Airport (CTS), which occurred round 5:30 p.m., in line with the airport operator. The Korean Air jet had 289 passengers and crew on board, the Chitose Fireplace Division advised CNN, whereas the Cathay Pacific airplane was empty.
Airport issues of safety have been underneath scrutiny in Japan following a fatal collision at Tokyo’s busy Haneda airport on January 2 when a Japan Airways jet burst into flames after hitting a coast guard airplane.
On Tuesday, each airways confirmed the incident on social media, with Korean Air saying one in every of its plane “got here into contact” with the Cathay airplane throughout pushback, including it was “cooperating with all related authorities.”
Cathay Pacific stated its airplane “was stationary on the time with no clients nor crew onboard” when it was “struck by a Korean Air A330 which was taxiing previous.”
Cathay flight 583 from Sapporo to Hong Kong was canceled, with the Hong Kong-based service saying passengers could be picked up by extra flights later within the day and on the next day. There are two flights flying the identical route on Wednesday.
There are not any considerations relating to grease leakage following the accident, in line with the hearth division, which stated the small print are underneath investigation.