ANA flight makes emergency landing

MANILA, Philippines - An All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Narita, Japan with 192 people, including seven children, on board turned back to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) yesterday for an emergency landing after smoke billowed from its cockpit, officials said.

There were no injuries as Flight NH950 landed safely some 35 minutes after it departed, the Manila airport’s media office said.

Eric Apolonio, spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said two investigators were dispatched to the aircraft.

NAIA Terminal 3 manager Octavio Lina said Narita-bound Flight NH 950, piloted by Capt. Kenji Takahashi, took off at around 9:54 a.m. The pilot radioed the control tower declaring emergency landing after 25 minutes due to a foul odor coming from the cockpit.

Airline personnel booked hotel accommodations for the passengers of Flight NH 950, which is scheduled to resume its trip today. – Rudy Santos, AP