Engine Fire Forces Plane Back to Tokyo

TOKYO – Flames erupted from the engine of a plane with 133 on board after it took off from Tokyo’s international airport for China on Thursday, forcing an emergency landing, officials said.

Airport controllers spotted fire in the left engine of All Nippon Airways flight 935 shortly after its departure from Narita international airport, and ordered the plane to turn back, according to Transport Ministry official Eiji Suzuki.

The plane, a Boeing 767-300 that was headed to the Chinese coastal city of Xiamen, landed safely at Narita about 30 minutes later, Suzuki said.

ANA spokesman Keiko Ninomiya said no one on the plane was injured. Authorities are investigating the incident, according to Narita airport official Nobuhiro Noguchi.