A Northwest Airlines flight heading to Tokyo returned to Detroit Metropolitan Airport after the crew had difficulty retracting one of the aircraft's five landing gears shortly after takeoff.
Flight 11, a Boeing 747 with 401 passengers and 19 crew members aboard, landed without incident on Wednesday, Northwest Airlines said in a statement.
The plane burned fuel while airborne in order to meet the maximum landing weight, officials said.
The displaced passengers were to be placed aboard another plane.
Northwest spokeswoman Jennifer Bagdade said the landing was not an emergency.
Northwest is Michigan's largest air passenger carrier and has a hub at Metropolitan Airport.
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