Boeing passenger plane makes emergency return to airport, 2 days after Boeing cargo plane forced into an emergency landing

Kyodo News
Fri, 10 May 2024 12:52 UTC

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Photo shows the United Airlines aircraft that made an emergency return to Fukuoka Airport, in Fukuoka on May 10, 2024.

A United Airlines plane bound for Guam on Friday returned to Fukuoka Airport in southwestern Japan for an emergency landing, with no injuries reported among the about 50 passengers and crew on board, according to the transport ministry and police.

Flight 166, a Boeing 737 aircraft, landed back at Fukuoka Airport at around 11:45 a.m. after declaring an emergency. The police are investigating the incident, with an irregularity in a wing flap reported.

There were no reports of fire, according to the police.

The runway at Fukuoka Airport was temporarily closed for safety checks following the aircraft's emergency landing but has now been reopened, the airport operator said.

Comment: It's looking like a significant number of planes are going to need to be pulled from service, and so what are the chances that this scandal will culminate in the serious disruption of air travel?

Below is footage of the other incident:

The incidents linked below - which are not all planes, nor Boeing - are from the last 6 months or so:

• Boeing 737 crashes off runway after gear failure, comes day after wheel fell off 777
• Container ship 'loses power' in NYC harbor near bridge; passenger planes clip wings at UK airport
• Japan sees another 'rare' airport incident when 2 planes collide on Hokkaido runway, 2nd incident in just 2 weeks