Wings of 2 JAL planes collide at Haneda Airport
The left wingtip of JAL Flight 503, with 328 passengers and crew on board, collided with the right wingtip of another JAL plane at Terminal 1 of Tokyo's Haneda Airport at around 7:30 a.m. Thursday local time, according to the Japan Airlines.
No injuries were reported, but Flight 503, which was departing for New Chitose Airport, was cancelled.
Flight 503 had begun backing out of its parking spot at Terminal 1 when its wing struck that of a plane which was moving forward into the adjacent parking spot.
Both aircraft are Airbus A350-900s. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry and Japan Airlines are investigating the details of the incident.
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