A passenger plane was damaged after two aircraft collided on a runway, the second airport crash within weeks in Japan. The incident happened at New Chitose Airport on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Tuesday 16 January. A Korean Air Lines plane clipped a Cathay Pacific Airways aircraft as it was preparing for take-off, a Korean Air official said. Footage broadcast by a Japanese television network appears to show the damage to the Korean Air passenger plane. According to Hokkaido Airports, which operates New Chitose Airport, they received a report of the incident at around 5:30pm local time.