JAL B773 near Sapporo on Sep 29th 2017, burning odour in cockpit

Last Update: September 29, 2017 / 20:22:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JL-61

Aircraft Registration
JA731J

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration JA731J performing flight JL-61 (dep Sep 28th 2017) from Los Angeles,CA (USA) to Tokyo Narita (Japan) with 253 people on board, was enroute at FL350 about 105nm southeast of Sapporo (Japan) when the crew decided to divert to Sapporo reporting a burning odour in the cockpit, likely originating from the FMS printer. The aircraft landed safely on Sapporo's runway 19L about 35 minutes after leaving FL350. Emergency services inspected the aircraft, the aircraft subsequently taxied to the apron where the passengers disembarked normally.

A replacement Boeing 777-200 registration JA706J continued the flight, but diverted to Tokyo's Haneda Airport landing at Haneda at approx. 01:00L Sep 30th 2017 about 8 hours past schedule.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 29, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
JL-61

Aircraft Registration
JA731J

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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