the officials say the plane was heading from an airport in yamaguchi prefecture, western japan, to hanadairport in tokyo. it was carrying 129 passengers and eight crew members. airline officials say they evacuated the plane shortly after landing. authorities at the airport closed the runway. officials at the departing airport say they didn't notice anything unusual before the plane took off. dreamliners have suffered a series of technical problems this month, including a battery fire and several fuel leaks. >>> two explosions have torn through a university in aleppo, northern syria. activists say 83 people were killed, dozens wounded. it's not clear who is behind the attack. the explosions blew the walls off buildings at the university of aleppo and set cars on fire. government and opposition forces have competing narratives of what happened. the state-run news agency blamed opposition fighters. it said what it called terrorists fired rockets, killing students and people taking shelter in the dormitories. and opposition activists said government forces were responsible. the activists quot

the plane was heading from an airport in yamaguchi prefecture, western japan, to hanada airport in tokyot ministry says the pilot reported to airline officials that there was smoke inhe cockpit. the plane w carrying 129 passengers and eight crew members. officials say everyone on board got out safely. authorities at the airport closed the runway. officials at the departing airport say they didn't notice anything unusual before the plane took off. dreamliners have suffered a series of technical problems this month, including a battery fire and several fuel leaks. >>> we'll be bringing you more on this story as the details come in. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. we'll be back with more of your updates at the top of the hour.