Posted on 12/26/2017 7:51:58 PM PST by SamAdams76
A flight that was four hours into its course, bound for Tokyo's Narita Airport Tuesday, had to return to its origin of Los Angeles International Airport after an 'unauthorized person' was on-board.
The flight from LAX to Tokyo is about 12 hours long. The total time for the flight to take off and return was just over eight hours.
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So? The somebody gets put on the next plane from Tokyo to LA. And the rest of the pax go on their way! >>>>>>>>>>>>
That’s true, but the airline would likely have to pay a lot more for its landing privileges in Tokyo. The Japanese are a very skillful, discrete bunch.
For the airline, it wasn’t worth the extra cash to land Mr. X at Tokyo International.
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