Jetstar plane makes emergency landing in Japan after bomb threat

A domestic flight operated by budget carrier Jetstar Japan Co. made an emergency landing on Saturday morning at an international airport in central Japan following a bomb threat, according to the transport ministry and local police. Five passengers sustained minor injuries while evacuating via the airplane's inflatable slide following its arrival in Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi Prefecture at around 7:40 a.m. No one was hospitalized, according to the airline operator. The plane, bound for Fukuoka from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members. The runway was temporarily closed off. Some 60 flights scheduled to depart from or arrive at Chubu airport were canceled following the incident, which took place at the start of a three-day weekend in Japan. About 30 more flights were delayed for an hour or more. Police cars and ambulances could be seen on the closed-off runway, while in the airport,

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane (bottom) at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Plane makes emergency landing at central Japan airport

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 7, 2023, shows a Jetstar plane at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, after the budget carrier made an emergency landing following a bomb threat. The plane, bound for Fukuoka in southwestern Japan from Narita airport near Tokyo, had 136 passengers and six crew members, with some of them reportedly injured during escape from the aircraft.

1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China

STORY: 1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operation STORYLINE: A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospitals. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guizhou, China. (XHTV)

(SPOT NEWS) CHINA-GUIZHOU-TRAIN DERAIL (CN)

(SPOT NEWS) CHINA-GUIZHOU-TRAIN DERAIL (CN)

(220604) -- GUIYANG, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate a passenger at the site of the train derail accident in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 4, 2022. A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospital. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. (Xinhua)