JL377 - Incident: JAL B738 at Tokyo on Apr 7th 2025

A JAL Japan Airlines Boeing 737-800, registration JA322J performing flight JL-377 from Tokyo Haneda to Kitakyushu (Japan) with 80 people on board, was cleared to line up runway Haneda's 05 and cleared for takeoff, however, the crew lined the aircraft up with the left edge lights and commenced takeoff. The crew subsequently rejected takeoff after the aircraft collided with a number of edge lights.

A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration JA335J reached Kitakyushu with a delay of about 5:10 hours.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft collided with a number of runway lights during takeoff at about 19:11L (10:11Z) before rejecting takeoff. The runway needed to be closed for about one hour.

The airline confirmed the aircraft began accelerating for takeoff and rejected. There have been no injuries.