Two planes collide on runway in second Japan airport crash

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Two planes collided on a runway in Japan, in the second airport crash in the nation inside weeks.

A Korean Air Lines airplane clipped a Cathay Pacific Airways plane at New Chitose Airport on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, a Korean Air official stated.

According to Hokkaido Airports, which operates New Chitose Airport, they acquired a report at round 5:30pm native time.

The accident occurred when the Korean Air airplane was getting ready for take-off, the airline official stated.

While 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.

According to the hearth division, there was no fireplace and nobody has been reported as injured to this point.

More than 46 flights have been cancelled in the present day alone on the airport as a result of snowy situations in the area.

An announcement from the airport earlier than the crash learn: “New Chitose Airport is experiencing flight delays and cancellations today due to heavy snow. Please check with your airline for details.”

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 individuals lifeless.

A Japan Airlines erupted into flames after the collision with a coastguard plane on the runway on January 2.

Footage from throughout the Japan Airlines Airbus-A350, which was carrying 379 individuals, 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 time the airplane got here to a standstill, it was engulfed by flames as rescuers rushed to evacuate all of the passengers.

Five coastguard crew members had been killed in the collision. The pilot survived however was in a critical situation.

A passenger on board the industrial flight described the second their airplane appeared to have collided with the opposite plane.

“I felt a boom,” the unnamed passenger instructed the Kyodo information company, “like we had hit something and jerked upward the moment we landed. I saw sparks outside the window and the cabin filled with gas and smoke.”