A PASSENGER jet that had the comic Jo Koy on board suddenly filled with smoke, forcing it to make an emergency landing.
Chaos unfolded on the flight that had left Manila on Wednesday night and was en-route to Los Angeles.
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Footage, obtained by the ABC affiliate KABC-TV, showed the cabin filling up with smoke, forcing passengers to cover their faces.
Passengers said the smell on board was like burning plastic, as reported by the Filipino outlet ABS-CBN.
The plane made an emergency landing at Tokyo’s Haneda airport around four hours into the flight.
Koy revealed what unfolded on the plane in an Instagram clip.
He praised the flight attendants for being calm in what he described as a situation that could’ve gone “south.”
Koy explained there was an electrical fire on board the plane, which made the cabin fill up with smoke.
He and his son faced a nine hour wait following the emergency landing.
Passengers were given wet face towels and some used their sleep eye masks as makeshift protection, according to traveler Valerie Del Castillo.
“It was so bad,” she said.
“The smoke filled the air. We all covered our mouths and noses as staff seemed to panicked.”
Jennifer Taylor, who was also on board the plane, revealed people were crying on board.
Video showed Tokyo fire crews examining the plane once it handed landed at Haneda airport.
Filipino officials revealed smoke came from an air conditioning unit on the plane.
The plane, a B777-300ER, traveled around 2,000 miles before it was forced to make the emergency landing.
It can reach maximum speeds of 555mph.
On average, the flight time between Manila and Los Angeles is around 12 hours.
Recent ‘cluster’ of plane crashes
A number of recent plane crashes in the US have left Americans terrified of traveling by air.
However, aviation expert and attorney Jason Matzus told The U.S. Sun the crashes can be attributed to “random clustering.”
“While these events are tragic, the likely explanation is simply ‘random clustering,’ which occurs when multiple crashes occur over a short period, warping our general perception and causing us to think that there is an increasing trend in plane crashes,” Matzus said.
“When in reality these crashes, despite being so close together, are merely coincidental and not caused by a systemic safety issue.”
The short period Matzus is referring to is just a matter of three weeks. The recent aviation mishaps include:
January 29 – A military helicopter and American Airlines plane collided at the Washington DC airport and killed 67 people
January 31 – An air ambulance carrying a six-year-old girl and her mom crashed onto a street in Philadelphia, killing seven people in total
February 5 – A Japan Airlines flight hit a parked Delta plane at Seattle SeaTac Airport and no one was injured
February 6 – A small commuter plane on its way to Nome, Alaska, crashed and killed all 10 people on board
February 10 – Motley Crue singer Vince Neil’s private jet collided into another plane, killing the pilot and injuring four others
February 17 – A Delta plane crashed onto the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport, miraculously killing no one but injuring 21
February 19 – Two planes collided at Marana Airport in Arizona, killing two people
February 24 – Smoke filled a Delta Airlines flight cabin, forcing passengers to evacuate by an emergency slide after making an emergency landing in Atlanta.
March 9 – A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashed into a retirement village parking lot in Manheim, Pennsylvania.
March 13 – An American Airlines’ jet engine erupted into flames at the Denver airport, forcing passengers to escape onto the plane’s wing.
Koy is not the only celebrity that has been caught up in a plane scare.
The U.S. Sun reported how movie star Dwayne Johnson‘s private plane had to turn back to Hawaii after experiencing a problem.
A string of incidents involving passenger planes across North America have been reported in recent weeks.
On Thursday, the wingtip of an American Airlines plane struck another jet at Reagan National Airport.
One plane was heading to Charleston, South Carolina, while the other was set for New York.
The collision happened at the same location where 67 people were killed after an American Airlines plane collided with a Black Hawk helicopter.
Sixty four people on board the passenger plane were killed in the tragedy that left the US reeling.
There was a cluster of crashes and collisions following the January 29 smash.
Days later, seven people were killed after a medical plane crashed in Philadelphia.
In February, a Delta plane flipped onto its roof after crashing onto the runway at Toronto Pearson airport.
A report revealed the plane was traveling at high speed before its main landing gear broke and its wing detached.
Dramatic footage from the scene showed the plane dramatically skidding across the runway before bursting into flames.
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