New Delhi, April 11 -- A Philippine Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles in the United States was forced to make an emergency landing in Japan after the cabin filled with smoke midair. The flight, carrying 355 passengers and four crew members, took off from Manila International Airport at approximately 10 pm on Wednesday.

The incident occurred when one of the air conditioners in the aircraft started to release smoke. Several videos and images, that surfaced on the social media, showed passengers covering their noses due to smoke.

Following the incident, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon ordered an investigation into the emergency landing of a Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight at Japan's Haneda Airport and to probe how the air conditi...