Japan Airline Flight Makes U Turn Minutes Before Landing Due to Curfew
February 23, 2023
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as posted by the channelA Japanese domestic flight turned into a seven-hour ordeal for more than 300 passengers after narrowly missing a curfew then being sent on a roundabout route back to is starting point.
Japan Airlines Co. flight JL331, had been due to leave Tokyo’s Haneda Airport for the two-hour hop to Fukuoka at 6:30 p.m. local time Sunday. However, takeoff was delayed for 90 minutes after a last-minute plane switch, and as the flight approached Fukuoka it became clear it would just miss the airport’s 10 p.m. cutoff time for commercial planes — despite earlier expectations it would land with 4 minutes to spare, the airline said in a statement.
Strong winds at Haneda in the morning had led to delays in other flights bound for the city. While other late-running planes were allowed to land after the curfew, JL331 was denied permission. Fukuoka Airport officials told the Asahi Shimbun newspaper that they didn’t regard its delay as “unavoidable” due to factors such as bad weather or congestion that would have allowed for an exception to be made.
Thus began the long journey back to Tokyo. An initial plan to re-route the flight to the nearby city of Kitakyushu was abandoned because no buses were available to handle the 335 passengers, JAL said. Rather, pilots were redirected about 280 miles (450 kilometers) from their original destination to Kansai International Airport near Osaka, landing at 10:59 p.m.
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