Japan Airlines JL4 to New York JFK just returned to Tokyo

An Airbus A350K to New York was escorted by emergency vehicles when landing back in Tokyo.

Japan Airlines flight JL4 departed Tokyo Haneda today at 18:54 JST to New York JFK Airport (scheduled flight time of 13 hours).

The Airbus A350-1000 (registration JA07WJ) climbed to 29,000 feet but turned around 1 hour and 20 minutes after takeoff due to a possible technical issue.

Pilots contacted ATC to require a return to Haneda Airport. The flight circled for 20 minutes at 16,000 feet altitude to burn/dump fuel before approach to HND.

The flight landed on runway 23 more than 3 hours after departure. The aircraft was met by emergency vehicles and escorted back to the terminal, stand 113.