2024-01-16 16:37:01
RICHARD A. BROOKS / AFP A Japan Airlines plane passing the remaining debris of an airliner at Tokyo International Airport in Haneda on January 5, 2024.
RICHARD A. BROOKS / AFP
A Japan Airlines plane passes the remaining wreckage of an 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 ” bumped into “ an empty Cathay Pacific aircraft on the ground at Sapporo airport, without causing any injuries. Two weeks ago, a similar accident was deadly at Tokyo airport.
In a statement, Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific said one of its aircraft parked at Shin-Chitose Airport had been “struck by a Korean Air A330 taxiing”. She said there were no passengers or staff on board her plane.
For its part, Korean Air assured, in a separate press release, that no one was injured on board its A330 departing for Seoul Incheon, where 276 passengers and 13 crew members were seated.
At 5:35 p.m., “A Korean Air plane came into contact with a Cathay plane during a reverse at Shin-Chitose Airport when a third-party ground handling vehicle skidded due to heavy snow”explained the South Korean company. “There were no injuries and the company is cooperating with all relevant authorities”she added.
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46 flights canceled
Hokkaido has been hit by a cold front in recent days with warnings of heavy snow issued in several cities. According to reports, 46 flights were canceled on Tuesday due to heavy snowfall.
Neither Cathay nor Korean Air have estimated the amount of damage caused. Both carriers simply clarified that their respective passengers would be transferred to other aircraft.
This incident on the island of Hokkaido comes two weeks after a collision on the ground on January 2 between a Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 and a smaller 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 due to take off. All 379 people on board the Japan Airlines plane were able to escape before it was engulfed in flames. But five of the six people on board the small plane died.
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Following this accident, 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 transport”said Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito.
Under the new procedures, a staff member must constantly monitor a surveillance system that alerts control towers of runway incursions. Furthermore, to avoid misunderstandings, controllers should not tell planes where they are in the queue for takeoff.
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