Passengers on Japan Airlines flight JL331 experienced a much longer flight time than planned before arriving back at their starting point. The flight from Tokyo-Haneda to Fukuoka, which normally takes two hours, turned into a "round trip" lasting over seven hours. The unexpectedly long journey for the passengers was accompanied by a two-hour delay to the flight. The reason given for this was a change of aircraft, and the arrival at the destination was at 22 p.m. - that was the plan, but it did not really work out. This was made problematic by the local ban on landing after 22 p.m., as it is prohibited to land after this time. However, this does not apply to all flights. Connections that arrive late due to weather conditions are generally allowed to land. On that day there were even landings after the standard time, but these are an exception. Flight JL331 is not classified in this category because the weather conditions were not to blame for the delayed landing attempt. This resulted in the plane being rejected and the return flight to Tokyo-Haneda being taken, although the plane had to refuel in Osaka-Kansai beforehand. At 3 a.m. local time, the plane then landed again. However, at the point of departure, Tokyo-Haneda, where the passengers had started their "misguided flight" around seven hours earlier. According to Japan Airlines, those affected were then rebooked onto other connections. Let's hope that they don't end up in Haneda again.