Tsunami waves have hit Hawaii and swept through the island chain after an earthquake in Japan sparked evacuations throughout the Pacific and as far as the US western coast.

A BOEING 737 trying to land in heavy snow at a Chicago airport yesterday slid off a runway and crashed through a boundary fence, onto a busy street where it hit one car and pinned another beneath it.

A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway, crashed through a boundary fence and slid into a busy street, hitting one vehicle and pinning another beneath it yesterday. A child in one of the vehicles was killed.