A 787 Dreamliner bound for Japan was forced to turn around and fly back to Russia after toilets on the plane refused to flush.
The Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing carrying 151 crew and passengers left Moscow late Wednesday for Tokyo but returned two hours later, a JAL spokesman said.
The average flight time between Moscow and Tokyo is around 10 hours.
The spokesman added the glitches were believed to be due to an electrical fault but had nothing to do with the plane’s batteries, which were the cause of a global grounding of the aircraft earlier this year.
Jetstar in Australia this week took delivery of its first Dreamliner.
European planemaker Airbus on Monday announced a US$9.5 billion deal with JAL, its first jet order from the carrier.
