Two passenger jets collide at Japanese airport

Two passenger jets have collided at a Japanese airport, weeks after a lethal crash left 5 lifeless within the nation.

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

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

No accidents had been reported, Japanese broadcaster NTV mentioned.

The fireplace division mentioned that the Cathay Pacific plane was parked on the tarmac when it was struck by the transferring Korean Air airplane.

Two passenger jets have collided at a Japanese airport, weeks after a lethal crash left 5 lifeless within the nation. Pictured: Damage to the wing of one of many planes

 Footage exhibiting the injury to one of many planes is seen broadcast of Japanese tv

Meanwhile, there have been 289 passengers on board the Korean Air airplane in the course of the incident, STV Japan mentioned.

‘Cathay Pacific confirms that there was an incident involving a Cathay Pacific plane whereas it was parked at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo at this time (16 January),’ Cathay mentioned in an announcement.

‘Our plane, which was stationary on the time with no clients nor crew onboard, was struck by a Korean Air A330 which was taxiing previous.’

An airport spokesperson was not instantly obtainable for remark.

The newest incident comes days after a collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2 noticed a passenger jet burst into flames because it collided with a Coast Guard airplane.

Miraculously, all on board the JAL passenger jet escaped the inferno alive.

However, 5 out of the six onboard the Coast Guard plane had been killed.

A transcript of communications launched by the ministry final week instructed that the JAL airplane was cleared to land, however the coast guard airplane was instructed to halt earlier than the runway.

Controllers informed the coast guard airplane – which was en path to a area in Japan that had een struck by an earthquake – that it was ‘No.1’, that means subsequent in line for take-off.

But the coast guard pilot – the one survivor – has reportedly mentioned he believed he had clearance to maneuver onto the runway, the place his airplane stood for round 40 seconds earlier than the crash.

The charred wreckage of each planes have since been cleared from the tarmac at Haneda, and flight operations have returned to regular.

Tuesday’s collision occurred at New Chitose Airport (pictured, file photograph)

The newest incident comes days after a collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2 (pictured) noticed a passenger jet burst into flames because it collided with a Coast Guard airplane