Not only it looks like Taiwanese Aircraft are not one's you want to fly on, Taiwanese Airports you don't want to go into..... Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Benjamin PO Yu <RF104G@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com