Two passenger planes collide on runway at New Chitose Airport in Japan in SECOND airport crash in weeks

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TWO passenger planes have collided at an airport in Japan – weeks after five were left dead in another crash.

The Korean Air and Cathay Pacific planes came into contact at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido at 5.30pm local time.

Two international planes collided in Hokkaido, Japan

Dozens of flights have been cancelled at New Chitose Airport due to snowy conditions

Cathay Pacific said the aircraft was on the ground at the time and there were passengers on board, NHK reports.

Further details of the accident are unknown as of now.

It is still being confirmed if there were any injuries.

This comes just two weeks after the Japan Airlines smashed into a coastguard aircraft, leaving five people dead.

The plane erupted in flames after the collision at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on January 2.

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