Osaka, Japan — A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing at Kansai Airport on Sunday after informing the airport of a suspected fire in its cargo bay, and nine passengers were injured as they were evacuated from the plane, police said.
The Airbus A330-300 bound for Perth, Australia, from Narita Airport made the landing Sunday after informing air traffic controllers about the fire alert while it was over the Pacific Ocean.
Flight 70 was carrying 194 passengers and crew members. Nine people were injured as they disembarked the plane on emergency evacuation slides, including one who suffered a broken hip. They were taken to the hospital. Thirty others reportedly suffered minor injuries.
The Construction and Transport Ministry dispatched three investigators from the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission to the airport to jointly investigate with the Osaka prefectural police whether there were any problems in the evacuation process.
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