White smoke was seen coming from the left engine of a Singapore Airlines plane as it arrived at Narita airport near Tokyo on Monday but no one was injured, according to a report received by firefighters.
The problem on Flight 638 with 276 passengers and crew aboard led to the closure of Runway B at the airport for about 50 minutes from around 7:40 a.m. as the aircraft was towed away, Narita International Airport Corp. said.
The Boeing 787 aircraft may have experienced a problem as it was landing, the airport operator said. Tire debris was found on the runway, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's airport office.
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