United Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing in Japan, 2 Injured

Passengers evacuated via emergency slides from a United Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft, heading to Cebu in the Philippines from Narita Airport near Tokyo, disembark from a bus at the Kansai airport in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 12, 2025. Kyodo via Reuters

TOKYO—United Airlines said on Friday that two people had sustained minor injuries after a flight heading from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing over concerns of a potential fire in the cargo hold.

United’s Flight 32, a Boeing 737-800 with 135 passengers and seven crew members onboard, was diverted to Kansai International Airport in Osaka after it took off from Narita Airport near Tokyo.