And Tainan is a military airport, local controlled authority is the Air Force. That time SIA B744 CHOOSED THE WRONG RWY to take-off... http://netcity5.web.hinet.net/UserData/rf104g/never-again.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Ng" <russng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 9:55 AM Subject: Re: Aircraft Lands On Vehicle > Dear Friends > > This is from today's The Straits Times: > > Aircraft lands on vehicle at Taiwan airport runway > > TAIPEI - A Taiwanese aircraft with 170 passengers squashed a utility > vehicle on the runway as it landed at Tainan Airport in southern Taiwan, > injuring two construction workers, an airline official has said. > > The utility vehicle was performing routine repair and cleaning work on the > runway when the TransAsia Airways Corp passenger jet landed on top of it on > Friday night, said Mr Cheng Yuan-chieh, head of the airline's Tainan > office. The two workers were hospitalised with injuries that were not > life-threatening, he said. One man suffered slight concussion while the > other was admitted to hospital with bone fractures. > > Pilot Liu Feng told local media that the control tower had given him the > all-clear to land as he approached the airport. However, as the plane > neared the runway, he was shocked to see the utility vehicle in his path. > > 'I had to apply the emergency brakes,' the China Times quoted him as saying. > > According to local reports, 170 passengers on board the flight were thrown > into a panic after the plane hit the utility vehicle, but no-one was > injured. Mr Cheng said the plane, an Airbus A321, suffered minor damage and > is parked on the runway for a government investigation of the accident. > > TransAsia Airways, with headquarters in Taipei, transports passengers and > cargo mainly on domestic flights in Taiwan, and serves some international > routes in South-east Asia.