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Korean plane makes emergency landing in Japan

A Korean Air Lines Co Ltd plane was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido on Thursday.

  • Agencies
  • Published: 13:35 July 17, 2008
  • Gulf News

Tokyo: A Korean Air Lines Co Ltd plane was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido on Thursday.

The plane was headed to New York when the cockpit indicator showed a problem with a power source. The plane dumped fuel in the ocean and changed course immediately.

Local stations showed the plane landing smoothly in misty weather at Shin Chitose airport. There were 322 people aboard the flight, and no one was injured.

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