2 planes collide on airport runway in Japan

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) - Two planes collided on an airport runway in Japan on Tuesday, in second such incident this month.

The planes belonged to Korean Air and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific which had passengers on board and the incident occurred at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaida, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Cathay Pacific said that its plane was "on ground" with passengers aboard when the incident happened.

More details to follow.

Earlier this month, at least five crew members were killed when a Japan Coast Guard aircraft and a Japan Airlines passenger plane collided at Tokyo airport.