#Breaking: A Korean Air plane collided with a parked Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido amid heavy snowfall on Tuesday, January 16
A Korean Air plane collided with a parked Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido amid heavy snowfall on Tuesday, January 16. The two planes clipped each other leaving hole in wing. The accident happened when Korean Air plane carrying 289 people was preparing for take-off, an official said.
KAL said in a statement that its Flight 766, an Airbus A330-300, which was scheduled to fly to Seoul's Incheon airport, came in contact with the Cathay aircraft “during a pushback” when a third-party “ground handler vehicle slipped due to heavy snow." The airline said it is cooperating with all relevant authorities in the case.
No injuries have been reported so far.
The incident happened only two weeks after a collision between a Japan Airlines airliner and a coast guard plane on a runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
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