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Laura Westbrook

A Korean Air Lines plane collided with a stationary Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft on Tuesday at Japan’s New Chitose Airport, which serves Sapporo, but no injuries were reported.
Cathay said its flight CX583 from Sapporo to Hong Kong would not operate as scheduled as a result of the incident but most customers would be moved onto another service on Tuesday and the rest on Wednesday.
According to a Korean Air spokeswoman, flight KE766 was being pushed backwards from its parking position by a towing vehicle while preparing for take-off to Seoul when it came into contact with a Cathay aircraft around 5.35pm local time.
Calling it a “clipping incident”, she said the Korean Air aircraft “came into contact” with the Cathay plane “when the third-party ground-handler vehicle slipped due to heavy snow” at New Chitose Airport on the northern island of Hokkaido.

“There were no injuries and the airline is cooperating with all relevant authorities,” she added.
The Korean Air plane had 276 passengers and 13 crew members on board. There was no one on the Cathay aircraft.
The Korean Air spokeswoman said passengers would be put on a flight set to arrive in Sapporo at 11.30pm from Seoul’s Incheon airport. The rescheduled flight would arrive back in Incheon at 4.15am on Wednesday, she added.
According to Sapporo Television Broadcasting, part of the wing of the Korean Air aircraft was damaged.
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A Cathay spokesman confirmed there had been an incident involving one of its aircraft.
“Our aircraft, which was stationary at the time with no customers or crew on board, was struck by a Korean Air A330 which was taxiing past,” he said.
“As a result, flight CX583 from Sapporo to Hong Kong will not operate as scheduled. The majority of our customers will be protected onto another Cathay Pacific service today, with the remainder travelling with us tomorrow. We extend our apologies to the affected customers.”
According to the airport’s website, there are flight delays and cancellations on Tuesday with video footage showing the area covered in heavy snow.
A Cathay pilot who looked at photos of the incident said both aircraft were expected to be “grounded for repairs and rigorous inspection post-repair before flying again”.
He said the photos appeared to show the Korean Air plane’s wing tip driving into the parked Cathay aircraft in the area of the stabiliser and the fin.
It is the second collision at a Japanese airport in two weeks. A Japan Airlines jet and a coastguard plane were involved in a fatal collision at Tokyo’s busy Haneda airport on January 2.
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All occupants of the JAL Airbus A350-900 safely evacuated in 18 minutes. The captain of the coastguard’s much smaller Bombardier Dash-8 escaped with burns, but his five crew members died.
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Korean Air Lines spokeswoman says flight KE766 was being pushed backwards from parking position when it ‘came into contact’ with Cathay aircraft
Cathay says flight CX583 from Sapporo to Hong Kong will not operate as scheduled as a result of incident


Korean Air Lines spokeswoman says flight KE766 was being pushed backwards from parking position when it ‘came into contact’ with Cathay Pacific aircraft.
