A Japan Airlines 787 was en route from Boston to Tokyo when a maintenance indicator flashed early in the flight.
Pilots returned to Boston where they made a safe landing at 6:15 p.m. The problem is being reported as a maintenance issue.
Flightradar24 website shows that Japan Airlines flight 7 was over Hudson Bay in Canada when it turned around.
What: JAL Japan Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-90 en route from Sendai to Fukuoka
Where: Sendai
When: Aug 15th 2010
Who: 106 aboard
Why: After the flight developed problems with the right engine, the pilot returned to Sendia where they made a safe landing. Passengers were provided a replacement jet.
Japan Airlines flight 471
On June 14, 1972, the DC-8 struck the banks of River Yamuna. JAL flight 471 from Tokyo to London (Tokyo-Hong Kong-Bangkok-New Delhi-Teheran-Cairo-Rome-Frankfurt-London) took-off from Bangkok. After receiving clearance for ILS approach to New Delhi Palam Airport, the aircraft crashed into the banks of Yamuna River. 86 passengers and crew onboard perished, and 3 were serious injured.
The first officer was flying the approach to Delhi. Japanese investigators claimed a false glide path signal was responsible for the descent into terrain. Indian investigators say the accident was caused by a disregard of procedures by the crew and abandoning all instrument indications without properly ensuring sighting of the runway. The accident was classified as (CFIT) Controlled Flight Into Terrain.
