ユナイテッド機きが関西かんさい空港くうこうに緊急きんきゅう着陸ちゃくりく 5人ごにんが軽かるいけが 調査ちょうさへ

On the night of the 12th, a United Airlines passenger plane flying off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport, and there was an incident in which passengers had to make an emergency evacuation using the escape slides. Five people sustained minor injuries.

During the flight, an alarm went off indicating a fire in the cargo compartment, so the National Transport Safety Board is investigating the cause of the incident.

According to the Kansai Airport Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, at around 6:30 p.m. on the 12th, United Airlines Flight 32, a Boeing 737 traveling from Narita to Cebu in the Philippines, was flying about 200 kilometers off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture at an altitude of about 10,000 meters when a warning indicating a fire in the rear cargo compartment appeared in the cockpit.

There were about 140 passengers and crew members on this flight. An emergency was declared, and the plane made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport shortly after 7 p.m.

After stopping on the taxiway, the passengers began an emergency evacuation using the escape slides around 7:30 p.m., and everyone evacuated within about 10 minutes, but five people reportedly sustained minor injuries.

According to the fire department, no firefighting activities were carried out.

The Japan Transport Safety Board has classified the incident as a serious incident that could have led to an accident, and on the 13th, will dispatch two accident investigators to the site to examine the condition of the cargo hold, the cause of the trouble, and whether the evacuation guidance was appropriate.

After that, I was instructed to make an emergency landing and then evacuate, which made me panic.

I escaped in about five minutes, he said.

The evacuation was smooth and without any confusion, they said.

According to airport officials, the passengers moved to a hotel near Kansai Airport, rested in a conference room, and were provided with blankets and light meals.

United Airlines: Cooperating with Aviation Authorities Investigation United Airlines in the United States revealed to NHK on the 12th that, regarding the passenger aircraft that made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport after a fire alarm sounded in the cargo hold during flight, an initial investigation by the maintenance department found no evidence of an actual fire.

On top of that, they commented, We are cooperating with the investigation by the Japanese aviation authorities.

Due to the closure, some flights were delayed by up to about two hours on the 12th, but operations will return to normal on the 13th.

According to the civilian website Flightradar24, which publishes information such as the flight paths of aircraft until landing, the plane that made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport took off from Narita Airport at around 5:42 p.m. on the 12th.

After takeoff, the plane was flying southwest over the Pacific Ocean, but around 6:30 p.m., it changed course to the north and is now heading toward Kansai Airport.

It is recorded that the plane landed at Kansai Airport at around 7:07 p.m., approximately one hour and twenty-five minutes after takeoff.

According to Flightradar24, the aircraft that made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport was a Boeing 737-800.

An evacuation slide is used when it is determined that passengers need to be evacuated from the aircraft immediately.

Aircraft are designed so that everyone can evacuate within 90 seconds under certain conditions, and the evacuation slides automatically deploy in the form of a slide when the emergency exits are opened.

However, because the design prioritizes urgency, there have been cases where people are injured by hitting their bodies against hard surfaces such as runways. Therefore, when using it, crew members ask passengers who have already exited to help support those coming down.