American Airlines flight to Tokyo from NYC diverted to Texas for 'maintenance issue'

An American Airlines formation from New York City to Tokyo was forced to crook astir implicit the Pacific Ocean connected Monday nighttime earlier flying backmost to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas aft experiencing a "maintenance issue."

American Airlines Flight 167 took disconnected from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) successful New York astatine astir 11 a.m. connected Monday and was expected to onshore astatine Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) successful Japan astatine astir 2 p.m. the adjacent day.

Flight Aware information shows that the craft had crossed the U.S. and was implicit the Pacific Ocean erstwhile astir 7 hours into the flight, it turned astir and headed backmost toward the U.S.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner flew implicit respective states, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Oklahoma, earlier yet landing astatine Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport conscionable earlier 10:15 p.m. section clip connected Monday.

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An American Airlines formation from New York to Tokyo was diverted to Dallas-Fort Worth connected Monday nighttime aft experiencing a attraction contented implicit the Pacific Ocean. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)

American Airlines told Fox News Digital the formation was diverted owed to a attraction issue, though details surrounding the contented were not provided.

"We ne'er privation to disrupt our customers’ question plans, and we are atrocious for immoderate inconvenience this whitethorn person caused," American said.

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An American Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, similar the 1 seen, was en way from New York City to Tokyo erstwhile it experienced a attraction contented and had to beryllium diverted to Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. (Getty Images)

All passengers connected the formation were provided edifice accommodations for the night, and the formation departed the adjacent time for Tokyo.

The diversion comes aft a bid of aviation disasters successful the U.S. 

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An American Airlines pitchy astatine Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. (Max Faulkner/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

An American Airlines level collided with a subject Black Hawk chopper adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, sidesplitting 67 radical past month. Less than 48 hours later, a aesculapian ambulance formation crashed successful Philadelphia, leaving 7 radical dead.

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Then earlier this month, a Delta Air Lines formation flipped upside down and erupted into flames portion landing astatine Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport. Thankfully, everyone survived that terrifying ordeal.