Intoxicated Passenger Bites Flight Attendant, Forces Tokyo Return

An All Nippon Airways (ANA) plane bound for the US had to return to Tokyo after an intoxicated passenger, believed to be American, bit a cabin attendant mid-flight, prompting the pilots to turn back over the Pacific to Haneda airport. This incident adds to a series of aviation mishaps in Japan, including a near-collision at Haneda, a wing tip collision at an airport in Hokkaido, and a cracked cockpit window on a Boeing 737-800.