Bemjamin, With all due respect, I think that Taiwanese aircraft, and airlines have a higher incident/crash report than any US airline......Check out your stats.... I am not trying to slam any Taiwanese airline, in fact this Summer I was hoping to get bumped on Cathay, and fly Evergreen thru Taipei. And I would have no hesitation to fly Evergreen if the price is right.... Bryant Petitt Cumming, GA --- Benjamin PO Yu <rf104g@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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-- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com