Two passenger jets collided Saturday on one of Tokyo Haneda Airport’s taxiways, Japanese authorities said.
The incident occurred at around 11:00 (local time) Saturday on taxiway A at Haneda Airport, and involved an Airbus A330-300 of Thailand’s Thai Airways, which was to take off for Bangkok, and an A330-300 of Taiwan’s EVA Air, which was to depart for Taipei, officials said.
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According to images disseminated on social networks, it can be seen that one of the planes has a broken wing tip.
No injuries were reported among the passengers of both aircraft, according to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
The event caused local airlines Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways to delay some of their domestic and international flights.
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