A Japan Airlines jetliner carrying 259 people, including the country’s finance minister, made a successful emergency landing in western Japan on Tuesday with only one of its two engines working.

The Boeing 777-200 plane was on its way from Tokyo to Fukuoka when the right-side engine overheated and had to be shut off, said Yoshiteru Suzuki, Japan Airlines spokesperson.

The plane landed without incident shortly after 17:00.

Live television footage showed the white and red jet coast in for an easy landing at the Fukuoka airport after circling the airfield to burn off excess fuel.

Among the passengers was finance minister Koji Omi, who helps oversee the world’s second-largest economy.

The finance ministry said he was travelling on personal business.

The plane was carrying 10 crew members and 249 passengers, said Suzuki.

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