Overview
- A Boeing 737-800 operating as ANA flight 1502 returned to Naha and made an emergency evacuation after the right-engine oil-temperature-high warning lit about 20 minutes after takeoff on Wednesday night.
- Crew shut down the right engine and landed safely before passengers and crew evacuated on slides on the taxiway; three people suffered minor injuries and no fire or smoke was confirmed.
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has classified the event as a serious incident and named Transport Safety Board investigators to lead the formal on-site probe.
- Investigators have already interviewed the captain and first officer and are inspecting the right engine while planning analysis of the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders and the aircraft’s maintenance history.
- The probe could identify mechanical causes or procedural gaps and may lead to safety recommendations for ANA Wings, Boeing, or regulators depending on findings, with passenger reports of a burning smell being recorded as part of the review.