A Japan Airlines flight at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
A Japan Airlines flight at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
  • A Japan Airlines flight was turned back after missing a curfew, per a Japanese newspaper.
  • Fukuoka Airport does not allow flights to land after 10 p.m. due to noise concerns.
  • The plane flew 550 miles back to its point of origin at Tokyo Haneda airport.

A Japanese airliner was forced to turn back right outside its destination airport, and fly 550 miles back to Tokyo because it missed a 10 p.m. cutoff to land, a report said.