Smoke Detected in JAL Plane at Kagoshima Airport before Departing for Tokyo, Nobody Injured

The Yomiuri Shimbun

14:12 JST, September 23, 2025

Smoke was detected inside a Japan Airlines plane bound for Haneda Airport just before its departure from Kagoshima Airport on Tuesday morning.

All 245 passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft, Flight 644. According to JAL, the flight was scheduled to depart at 10:55 a.m. Nobody was injured.