The wingtips of two Japan Airlines passenger planes collided at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Thursday morning. No injuries were reported.
JAL says the incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m.
JAL Flight 503, bound for Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport, was backing out of its parking spot when it struck a plane moving forward into an adjacent parking spot. Both aircraft sustained damage.
There were 328 people on board Flight 503, which was cancelled.
JAL says the other aircraft had no passengers and its flight has been delayed to change planes.
The airline apologized for causing its customers inconvenience.
This incident is the latest in a series of recent airfield collisions. A Korean Air plane clipped a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft at New Chitose Airport in January, and two All Nippon Airways passenger jets bumped wings at an Osaka airport in February.
JAL says the incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m.
JAL Flight 503, bound for Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport, was backing out of its parking spot when it struck a plane moving forward into an adjacent parking spot. Both aircraft sustained damage.
There were 328 people on board Flight 503, which was cancelled.
JAL says the other aircraft had no passengers and its flight has been delayed to change planes.
The airline apologized for causing its customers inconvenience.
This incident is the latest in a series of recent airfield collisions. A Korean Air plane clipped a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft at New Chitose Airport in January, and two All Nippon Airways passenger jets bumped wings at an Osaka airport in February.
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Japan Airlines (JAL) planes collided at Haneda Airport on Thursday; no injuries reported. Flight 503, bound for Hokkaido's New Chitose Airport, collided with a stationary plane while backing out. Both aircraft suffered damage, and flight 503 was canceled, affecting 328 passengers. The other plane
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240523_10/
Date: May 23, 2024
Created: 2024/05/24 07:00
Updated: 2025/12/08 13:49
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