Mineta San Jose International Airport Information on All Nippon Airways and Grounding of Dreamliner Fleet on January 16, 2013

2013-01-16 — /travelprnews.com/ — All Nippon Airways (ANA) flights between Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) and Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo have arrived and departed as scheduled since ANA inaugurated Boeing 787 Dreamliner service at SJC on January 11, 2013. Flights on January 14 were delayed by over three hours due to snow in Tokyo and subsequent runway closures at NRT.

On January 15, ANA announced it has grounded its fleet of 17 Dreamliners (see ANA statement below). What this means is that ANA Flight #1076 (NRT-SJC) and ANA Flight #1075 (SJCNRT) are both cancelled on Wednesday, January 16. The next ANA flight between NRT andSJC is scheduled to operate on January 18, and we may know more about the status of that flight soon.

ANA is rebooking passengers on the cancelled SJC flights on both ANA and other airlines through other West Coast airports today.

SJC is supportive of ANA’s decision as the safety of passengers is the airline’s first priority. The City of San José is confident about ANA’s commitment to both passengers and SJC.

ANA passengers can check airline updates at fly-ana.com or 1-800-235-9262.

Statement from ANA released 1/16/13:
ANA flight NH 692 from Yamaguchi Ube to Haneda made an emergency landing at Takamatsu Airport at 8.47am on Wednesday, 16 January due to a technical problem. The aircraft’s instruments registered a problem related to a battery and crew also detected an unusual smell in the cabin and the cockpit. All 137 passengers and crew were evacuated from the aircraft. The event was registered as a serious incident by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT). ANA will cooperate fully with the Japan Transport Safety Board, relevant authorities, and Boeing to investigate the cause of the incident. All ANA flights operated by Boeing 787 have been cancelled on 16 January 2013.

All Nippon Airways, Co., Ltd.