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A Japan Airlines plane passes the remains of the airliner at Tokyo International Airport in Haneda on January 5, 2024.
Japan – Japan would have done well without this new event at one of its airports. This Tuesday, January 16, a Korean Air plane “Suddenly found” An empty Cathay Pacific aircraft lands at Sapporo Airport, uninjured. Two weeks ago, a similar accident at Tokyo airport turned fatal.
In a statement, Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific said one of its planes was parked at Shin-Chitose Airport. “Korean Air A330 hit by taxi”. She said there were no passengers or staff on board her plane.
For its part, Korean Air confirmed in a separate press release that no one was injured on its A330 aircraft departing for Seoul Incheon, where 276 passengers and 13 crew members were seated.
At 5:35 PM, “A Korean Air plane came into contact with a Cathay plane during reverse at Shin-Chitose Airport when a third-party ground handling vehicle skidded due to heavy snow”.The South Korean company explained. “There have been no injuries and the company is cooperating with all relevant authorities.”she added.
46 flights have been cancelled
Hokkaido has been hit by a cold front, with heavy snowfall warnings issued in several cities in recent days. According to reports, 46 flights were canceled on Tuesday due to heavy snowfall.
Neither Cathay nor Korean Air has estimated the extent of the damage. Both carriers simply clarified that their respective passengers would be transferred to other aircraft.
The incident on the island of Hokkaido comes two weeks after a January 2 ground collision between a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 and a small Japanese coast guard aircraft. The collision occurred when the JAL plane was landing at Tokyo-Haneda (Honshu Island), from where the Coast Guard plane was scheduled to take off. All 379 people on board the Japan Airlines flight managed to escape before it was engulfed in flames. But five of the six people on board the small plane died.
Following the tragedy, the Japanese government announced last week that it had strengthened its air traffic control procedures. “One of my most important missions is to restore confidence in aviation (civil, editor’s note) and public transportation”Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said.
Under the new procedures, a staff member must continuously monitor a surveillance system that alerts control towers of runway incursions. Additionally, to avoid misunderstandings, controllers should not tell the plane where they are queued for takeoff.
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