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JAL flight makes emergency landing in Tokyo
A domestic Japan Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Tokyo`s Haneda airport Wednesday due to suspected engine trouble, according to the company and local media.
Tokyo: A domestic Japan Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Tokyo`s Haneda airport Wednesday due to suspected engine trouble, according to the company and local media.
A pilot on JAL flight 521, a twin-engine Boeing 777 travelling from Haneda to Hokkaido in northern Japan, noticed an alarm indicating a possible problem with the right engine shortly after takeoff, according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.
The pilot shut down the engine and returned to Haneda to make an emergency landing around 5 pm (0800 GMT), Jiji Press said.
The 228 passengers and 11 crew members were unharmed.