A Korean Air plane collided with a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft at New Chitose Airport in Japan. The Korean Air plane slipped due to snow on the ground, causing its left wing to clip the Cathay Pacific plane s right tail wing. The incident comes two weeks after a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo s Haneda Airport when a Japan Airlines plane collided as it landed with a smaller coast guard plane.
Two planes collided at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, which had earlier tweeted warnings of delays and cancellations as a result of heavy snow in the area
A Japanese fire department says a Korean Air plane carrying 289 people hit a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft while being pushed by a vehicle from a parking spot at northern