CATHAY Pacific said today that one of its planes was “struck” by a taxiing Korean Air airliner at a Japanese airport, with both airlines saying there were no injuries.

Cathay Pacific said the incident took place while its aircraft was parked at New Chitose Airport in Sapporo.

“Our aircraft, which was stationary at the time with no customers nor crew onboard, was struck by a Korean Air A330 which was taxiing past,” the airline said in a statement.

Korean Air also confirmed there were no injuries on board its plane.

“A Korean Air aircraft came into contact with a Cathay aircraft during pushback at New Chitose (Sapporo) Airport when the third-party ground handler vehicle slipped due to heavy snow. There were no injuries and the airline is cooperating with all relevant authorities,” the carrier said.

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.

All 379 people on board the airliner escaped but five of the six people on the smaller aircraft died. – AFP, January 16, 2024.