ANA B788 near Tokyo on May 29th 2014, burning odour in galley

An ANA All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-800, registration JA820A performing flight NH-905 from Tokyo Narita (Japan) to Beijing (China) with 105 people on board, had just reached cruise level FL340 about 20 minutes into the flight when the crew decided to return to Tokyo's Narita Airport due to a burning odour in the aft galley of the aircraft, the galley was powered down and the smell dissipated. The aircraft landed safely back on Narita's runway 16R about one hour after departure.

The airline reported a faulty galley oven was identified as source of the burning odour.

The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto another flight.