TWO passenger planes have collided at an airport in Japan – weeks after five were left dead in another crash.
The Korean Air and Cathay Pacific planes came into contact at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido at 5.30pm local time.
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Dozens of flights have been cancelled at New Chitose Airport due to snowy conditions
Just two weeks ago Japan Airlines plane caught on fire after colliding with another aircraft, leaving five people dead
Cathay Pacific said the aircraft was on the ground at the time and there were no passengers on board, NHK reports.
There were 289 passengers on board the Korean Air plane, reported STV Japan.
Further details of the accident, including if there were any injuries, still being confirmed.
At least 46 flights have been cancelled from and to New Chitose Airport today due to blizzard conditions.
This comes just two weeks after the Japan Airlines smashed into a coastguard aircraft, leaving five people dead.
The plane erupted in flames after the collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2.
Air traffic control recordings have heaped more mystery on the catastrophic disaster.
While the Japan Airlines plane had been given permission to land, the coastguard aircraft had been told to stop short of the runway, Japanese broadcaster NHK reports, citing a source.
But a coastguard source said its pilot received the green light to take off, the outlet said – contradicting the controller’s account of events.
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