PAL B773 over Pacific on Apr 9th 2025, smoke in cabin

Last Update: April 10, 2025 / 11:03:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 9, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PR-102

Aircraft Registration
RP-C7782

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

A PAL Philippine Airlines Boeing 777-300, registration RP-C7782 performing flight PR-102 from Manila (Philippines) to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 359 people on board, was enroute at FL330 over the Pacific Ocean about 600nm south of Tokyo (Japan) when the crew decided to divert to Tokyo Haneda reporting smoke in the cabin. The aircraft landed safely about 2 hours later.

The airline reported the smoke was emitted by one of the two air conditioning systems. The aircraft landed safely at 03:30L and finally got assigned a gate at 10:00L.

Japan's Department of Transport stated ground personnel at Haneda Airport was busy with scheduled flights, the DoT was in close contact with the airport. The aircraft doors were opened to ventilate the aircraft. The DoT also asked the Philippine Ambassador to assist the flight, so that the passengers could disembark.

The aircraft is still on the ground in Tokyo about 17 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 9, 2025

Classification
Incident

Flight number
PR-102

Aircraft Registration
RP-C7782

Aircraft Type
Boeing 777-300

ICAO Type Designator
B773

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