Delta plane makes U-turn to Tokyo’s Narita airport after smoke engulfs cabin
A Delta aircraft departing from Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture, was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport on Saturday, according to officials there, according to scmp.com.
The Boeing 757, on its way to Sapian, the second-largest of the Northern Mariana Islands after Guam and a popular tourist hotspot, was reportedly forced to return to Narita and make the emergency landing after smoke was detected in the plane’s cabin.
Officials from the airport said the incident occurred just before 11am, but confirmed that while emergency services stood by, none of the passengers or the plane’s crew members were injured.
The emergency landing came the same day as the airport’s website was reported as possibly being hacked by airport officials on Saturday.