Narita runway closed after planes nearly meet on taxiway

Narita runway closed after planes nearly meet on taxiway

NARITA, Japan - An Asiana Airlines Airbus A321 bound for Incheon, South Korea, is halted on the taxiway of Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, June 16 after it avoided running into a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 777. The airport closed one of its two runways for about 50 minutes due to the incident.

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