An Airbus A350K to New York was escorted by emergency vehicles when landing back in Tokyo.
Japan Airlines flight JL4 departed Tokyo Haneda today at 18:54 JST to New York JFK Airport (scheduled flight time of 13 hours).
The Airbus A350-1000 (registration JA07WJ) climbed to 29,000 feet but turned around 1 hour and 20 minutes after takeoff due to a possible technical issue.
Pilots contacted ATC to require a return to Haneda Airport. The flight circled for 20 minutes at 16,000 feet altitude to burn/dump fuel before approach to HND.
The flight landed on runway 23 more than 3 hours after departure. The aircraft was met by emergency vehicles and escorted back to the terminal, stand 113.
