A Japan Airlines aircraft was forced to abort takeoff after likely mistaking runway lights for the centre line and hitting some of them. Flight JAL377 carrying 80 passengers began its takeoff at ...

When the Embraer E135 jet operated by Colorado-based Key Lime Air “proceeded to cross the hold bars, air traffic controllers told the pilots to stop,” the FAA said in a statement.

The plane bound for Kitakyushu in western Japan veered significantly off the runway’s centre line and made an emergency stop after the crew noticed it was running nearly 30m to the left.