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Tokyo:
A report of white smoke coming from a Singapore Airlines plane landing forced a runway at Japan’s Narita airport to temporarily close on Monday, officials said, although response teams found no signs of fire and no one was injured.
Smoke sent six fire engines and two ambulances racing to the scene, and Narita’s runway B was closed at around 7:40 a.m. (10:40 p.m. GMT), shortly after the flight landed at the gateway to Tokyo, airport officials said. and firefighters.
“We received a report of white smoke rising from the left engine,” a Narita city fire official told AFP.
But there was no sign of fire and no one was injured, she said, adding that firefighters left the scene after watching the plane for more than an hour.
The plane was carrying 276 passengers and crew, local media reported.
The flight reported smoke to the airport after landing, an airport official told AFP.
“He communicated that there was a possibility that he had encountered a problem upon landing,” a Narita International Airport spokesperson told AFP.
Pieces of tires were found on the road, the spokesman said, adding that there was no further information about the incident.
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