UA881 - Incident: United B789 at Tokyo on May 21st 2021

A United Boeing 787-9, registration N26960 performing flight UA-881 (dep May 20th) from Chicago O'Hare,IL (USA) to Tokyo Haneda (Japan), was descending towards Tokyo when the crew declared PAN PAN reporting slat problems and requested runway the longest runway 16L for landing. The aircraft was vectored along a newly approved route over the city and landed safely on runway 16L at a higher than normal speed.

Japan's Ministry of Transport reported the aircraft had a problem with the high lift devices (slats) and vectored a long a newly opened route for landing, it was the first aircraft to use that new route.

The occurrence aircraft was able to depart for the return flight after 4.5 hours on the ground and is estimated to reach Chicago on time.