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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Rockwell B-1B Lancer |
| Owner/operator: | 9 BS, 7 BW, AFGSC, United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Misawa Air Base (MSJ/RJSM) -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Made an emergency landing at Misawa Air Base after declaring an in-flight emergency. The aircraft came to a halt on the base runway, where it was inspected before being cleared to taxi off the runway.
USAF Spokesman Capt. Leeroy Stark stated: "The B-1B paused on the runway as a precautionary measure to allow first responders to inspect the aircraft before clearing it to taxi off the runway."
Due to the runway closure, a commercial flight from Tokyo/Haneda should return and successive flight back to Haneda was cancelled.
Sources:
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/03/protest-b-1b-emergency-closes-misawa-airport/
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2025-05-01/lancer-bomber-emergency-misawa-japan-17640821.html
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/a-couple-of-b-1b-lancers-shut-down-a-commercial-japanese-runway
https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/865046
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2025 13:56 | V.E | Added |
| 03-May-2025 18:28 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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