Tyres come off as flight lands in Tokyo

Tyres on the two front wheels of a Japan Airlines plane came off as the aircraft skidded to a landing at a Tokyo airport.

JAL spokesman Geoffrey Tudor said one man and a woman suffered whiplash as the plane, carrying 222 passengers and crew, braked to a stop.

The JAL flight from New Chitose Airport in northern Hokkaido prefecture (state) was landing at Tokyo's Haneda Airport when the incident occurred.