Overview

• Two All Nippon Airways planes 'scratched' each other at Osaka's Itami airport, with no reported injuries.
• The incident occurred shortly after 10:00 am local time at the airport's domestic terminal.
• This is the latest in a series of aviation incidents involving Japanese aircraft and airports since the start of the year.
• The most serious incident was a near-catastrophic collision at Haneda airport between a Japan Airlines aircraft and a smaller coast guard plane on January 2, resulting in five deaths.
• Other incidents in January included a Korean Air plane striking an empty Cathay Pacific airliner at an airport in Hokkaido, and a US-bound ANA plane returning to Tokyo after an intoxicated passenger bit a cabin attendant.