This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1048434843-19773-0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary If you look into NTSB database for accident investigation reports, you will found much more ridiculous RWY incursion cases. I will not say that US aircrafts are not safe, or I don't want to go US for traveling. Come on, be mature and reasonable. >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 ------------=_1048434843-19773-0--