Plane Crash occurs as two Passenger Planes Collide On Runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport
The airport has reopened after two planes collided, according to reports. Two passenger jets collided on a runway causing a Plane Crash at a major Tokyo airport on Saturday, but no casualties were recorded, according to a government official.
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According to Isamu Yamane, a deputy administrator in the Transport Ministry, a Thai Airways International plane bound for Bangkok collided with a parked Eva Airways plane bound for Taipei at Haneda airport.
Yamane said the runway was momentarily stopped, following the incident but reopened approximately two hours later once it was cleared. Some planes were delayed, and the accident’s cause was still being investigated.
TBS TV News aired footage of the incident. The news aired footage of two commercial jets parked on the same airfield. On NHK TV, an official was seen picking up what appeared to be a piece of an airplane wing and removing it from the runway.
The airlines did not respond to numerous phone calls and were not immediately available for comment. According to images and media reports, a winglet on the Thai Airways plane seemed to be damaged. Winglets are vertical projections on the wing’s tip that minimize drag.
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Following a complaint from a fellow passenger, police apprehended a male passenger on a Mumbai-bound Vistara flight at Delhi airport. According to reports, a female passenger on the flight claimed she overheard the man discussing a bomb on the phone.
The offender was captured by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and afterwards arrested by Delhi Police after the woman lodged a complaint with the crew members. However, following an inquiry, the police issued a notice and let the accused leave because nothing unusual was found on him, according to news agency ANI.
