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Runway closed at Tokyo airport after plane contact

An aerial view shows Thai Airways and Eva Air passenger jets on a taxiway after making contact at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday. (Photo: Kyodo via Reuters)

TOKYO: Some flights were delayed at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Saturday after two planes appeared to have collided on the ground near a taxiway, the public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan’s transport ministry.

No injuries occurred, NHK and one of the airlines said, but the incident led to the closure of one of four runways at the airport from about 11am local time.

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