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       One Plane Clips Another at Japan Airport, Weeks After Deadly Runway Blaze

       Nobody was injured in the episode on Tuesday, which took place on the country’s northern island of Hokkaido amid heavy snow.

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       No injuries were reported after a Korean Air plane came into contact with a Cathay Pacific aircraft at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, Japan. CreditCredit...Kyodo News, via Associated Press By Cassandra Vinograd

       Jan. 16, 2024

       One plane clipped another at an airport on Japan’s snowy northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, according to the airlines involved, just weeks after a deadly runway blaze in Tokyo.

       Nobody was injured in the episode on Tuesday, which involved planes belonging to Korean Air and Cathay Pacific. It happened at around 5:30 p.m. local time at New Chitose Airport, according to NHK, Japan’s public broadcaster. Footage on NHK of the airport — which had warned earlier in the day of delays and cancellations because of heavy snow — showed a thick coating on the ground.

       Cathay Pacific said that its aircraft had been “struck by a Korean Air A330, which was taxiing past,” adding in a statement that its jet was parked and empty of customers and crew at the time.

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       A version of this article appears in print on Jan. 17, 2024, Section A , Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: Two Planes Collide at Snowy Japan Airport . Order Reprints | Today’s Paper | Subscribe

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