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Minor Fire Hits Japan PM Abe's Plane During Flight to Thailand

© AFP 2023 / JIJI PRESSThe Japanese government's new official aircraft for VIPs, a Boeing 777-300ER, takes off with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on April 22, 2019 for his visit to Europe, the US and Canada.
The Japanese government's new official aircraft for VIPs, a Boeing 777-300ER, takes off with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on April 22, 2019 for his visit to Europe, the US and Canada. - Sputnik International
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Haneda airport at 1:41 p.m. local time for Thailand to attend a number of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

A minor fire occurred on board the governmental Boeing 777-300ER on its flight to Thailand with the Japanese prime minister on board.

The fire that took place in an oven during the preparation of in-flight meals was immediately extinguished. No one was injured as a result of the incident.

The aircraft, belonging to the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force, took the place of a Boeing 747 this April.

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