Runway reopens at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after planes ‘bump into each other’

The two planes sit close on a runway after the two passenger planes accidentally hit each other at Haneda airport (Kyodo News via AP)

Two passenger planes bumped into each other on a runway at a major Tokyo airport, but no injuries were reported, a government official has said.

A Thai Airways International jet headed to Bangkok accidentally hit a parked Eva Airways plane headed to Taipei at Haneda airport, a transport ministry spokesperson said.