• Japanese media outlet NHK has reported a fire broke out on part of a cargo aircraft landing at Chubu Airport on the night of 22nd October, with the Ministry of Land, Infrasturcture, Transport and Tourism investigating the incident.
• This aircraft has subsequently been identified as an Antonov Airlines An-124-100 Ruslan cargo aircraft, with monitoring data showing it arrived from Fairbanks Alaska, having previously operated from Leipzig Germany.
• According to Chubu Airport officials, the runway was closed for 15 minutes as the plane left the site.

Japanese media outlet NHK has reported that a cargo aircraft caught fire during its landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport (NGO) last night, on the 22nd October. Subsequent reports and flight monitoring have confirmed this was an Antonov Airlines An-124-100 Ruslan cargo aircraft that had flown from Fairbanks, Alaska, having operated from Leipzig, Germany previously.

The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrasturcture, Transport and Tourism is investigating the incident as NGO officials confirmed the runway was closed for 15 minutes as the plane left the site.

The runway at NGO was closed from 19:22 to 19:37 local time.

Antonov Airlines relocated its An-124-100 fleet from Hostomel, Ukraine to Leipzig following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, and in August this year, a drone with a detonator was found near a Ukrainian An-124-100 aircraft at is new base.

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is currently the world’s largest operating cargo aircraft.

Antonov Airlines is currently awaiting confirmation of findings from official investigations taking place.

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