Plane skids at Tokyo's Narita Airport, forces runway closure

TOKYO - A Japan Airlines plane from New Delhi skidded off a runway at Narita Airport on Friday (Feb 1), officials told AFP, briefly closing part of Tokyo's main hub.

Spokesmen from the airport and the carrier said the 201 passengers and crew had all been escorted off the Boeing 787 jet, with no serious injuries.

The accident forced the airport to close one of its two runways for an hour from 7am (6am Singapore time), Narita spokesman Kazuhiko Morio told AFP.

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