Overview
- The fighters from Misawa Air Base landed safely at about 12:44 p.m. and 12:59 p.m. local time after notifying the control tower of an emergency.
- Aomori Airport closed its runway for 12 minutes and then reopened, allowing regular service to resume.
- Airport officials reported two departures delayed by 11 to 16 minutes and said one arrival may have been 23 minutes late.
- Specific affected services included Fuji Dream Airlines flight 834 and Japan Airlines flight 2153, which faced delays of up to about 20 minutes.
- No injuries or damage were reported, each aircraft carried one pilot, and the base is investigating suspected trouble with the jets.