A Korean and Cathay Pacific passenger plane was scratched in Japan. There have been many airport collisions this year.
2024-01-16 20:45:14
Financial News Agency, January 16 (Editor Shi Zhengcheng) According to reports from various sources, at around 17:30 local time in Hokkaido, Japan (18:30 Beijing time) on Tuesday evening, Korean Air and Cathay Pacific passenger planes landed in Hokkaido, Japan. An accident occurred at New Chitose Airport. This incident quickly aroused strong attention from the “melon-eating masses” on Weibo, and it once reached the top of the hot search list.
It is reported that there were no passengers on the Cathay Pacific plane that was parked at the time of the incident. When the Korean Air passenger plane carrying 289 people passed by, the wing came into contact with the tail of the Cathay Pacific plane. It can be seen from the pictures at the scene that the contact parts of the two aircrafts suffered varying degrees of damage.
(Source: Social Media)
Fortunately, according to local police reports quoted by Japan’s state-owned television station NHK, there were no reports of injuries in the accident, there was no fire at the scene, and the fire department was not dispatched.
It is reported that heavy snow fell in Hokkaido at the time of the incident. After the snow removal work was completed at the airport, the Korean Air aircraft was about to be pushed onto the taxiway by a tow truck. NHK reported that the contact accident may have occurred because the trailer skidded on a snowy road. The airport and airline are still investigating the details of the accident.
In a subsequent statement issued by Korean Air, it also described the cause of the accident as “slippery ground and improper operation of the tractor.”
(Source: Weibo)
According to previous reports, Hokkaido is currently experiencing extremely cold and heavy snow weather. The local Rikubetsu town recently recorded a temperature of minus 27.1 degrees Celsius, which is also the extreme value in Japan so far this winter.
Collisions occur frequently during the year
Although this year has only passed half a month, accidents related to aviation safety are somewhat too dense.
On the afternoon of January 2, local time in Japan, a JAL A350 collided with a Coast Guard aircraft that appeared on the runway when landing at Haneda Airport. The A350 was completely burned after all passengers and crew were evacuated. Only the captain on the Haibao aircraft escaped with serious injuries, and five other people died.
(Completely burned A350 aircraft, source: social media)
In addition, according to CCTV news reports, another accident occurred at Haneda Airport on January 4, when a Japan Coast Guard aircraft collided with a ground operation vehicle. There was no one on the plane at the time of the incident, and cracks appeared in the wings due to the collision.
According to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a collision also occurred at Chicago O’Hare International Airport around 18:30 local time on Sunday (January 14). A taxiing ANA Boeing 777 hit the tail wing of a Delta Air Lines Boeing 717. Both airlines confirmed that there were no passengers on the plane at the time of the incident.
(Source: flighttradar24)
In addition to multiple airport collisions, there was also a rare incident in the first half of this year in which a door jam on the fuselage of a Boeing aircraft “suddenly flew away in mid-air”, triggering global airlines to nervously inspect the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft. This incident has not completely subsided to this day. Boeing’s stock price has fallen by 16% this year. Judging from the 2% drop before the market opened on Tuesday, the aerospace manufacturing giant is still in the process of negative shocks.
(Photo of the Alaska Airlines plane involved in the incident, source: social media)
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