Flight 501 of LCC Jetstar Japan made an emergency landing at Chubu Airport in Aichi Prefecture after receiving a bomb threat.


What happened.

Summarized in chronological order.

6:20 a.m. Call Narita Airport in English

According to the people involved, around 6:20 am on the 7th, there was a phone call at Narita Airport that was notified that it was sent from Germany by a male voice.



In English, he said,

"I've planted a 100kg plastic bomb in the cargo compartment. If I don't send a manager, I'll blow it up."

6:35 a.m. Take off from Narita Airport

This is the screen of the private website "Flight Radar 24", which publishes flight courses based on information sent by passenger aircraft.

Flight 501 took off from Narita Airport at around 6:35 a.m. with 136 passengers and 6 crew members on board and headed for Fukuoka Airport.

6:53 a.m. Informed the airline that there was a bomb threat

6:53 am, about 20 minutes after takeoff.



The Security and Fire Service Center of the Narita Airport Company informed the person in charge of operation management at Jetstar Japan's headquarters that there was a warning of an explosion.

Shortly after 7:30 a.m. Emergency landing at Chubu Airport

Jetstar Flight 501 made an emergency landing at Chubu Airport just after 7:30 am.



Shooters for escape came out, and passengers slid down the shooters one after another and evacuated.



According to the airport management company, five people were injured during the escape.



Both are minor injuries.

12:15 p.m. Runway operation resumed at Chubu Airport

According to the police, the luggage in the cargo compartment was examined with X-rays, etc., but no suspicious items such as explosives were found.



The runway at Chubu Airport resumed operations at 12:15 p.m., approximately four and a half hours later.

Former pilot aviation critic ``Decision for emergency landing is natural''

Hiroyuki Kobayashi, a former pilot and aviation critic, points out the following about the emergency landing.



"Blast threats are a serious threat to aviation safety and are outrageous. They should not be allowed in order to travel in the air with peace of mind. Even if there is, the captain, who is responsible for ensuring the safety of the passengers and crew, must make the best possible effort, and the decision to make an emergency landing at the nearest airport is natural.



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"The quickest way to get the passengers out is to use the escape shooter. If there is an explosion, there will be casualties, so we will use the shooter this time as well to get the passengers out of the aircraft as quickly as possible. I think I made the decision according to that iron rule."