This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1048463351-14313-0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary Pettit, There is no "EVERYGREEN AIR" in Taiwan, and I believe you are referring to Eva Air here. Eva Air IS also a Taiwanese carrier, it is not only CRASH could be counted into the category of " accidents". The US is low in accidnet rates in comparision to other places in the world mostly because it has a very good and mature investigating agency and reporting systems. Behind the system it is the "no-blame" philosophy to promote the aviation industry to learn from the mistakes that others had done, and to give others experience of their own that what might caused accidnets but lucky enough actually not. "Someone-have-to-be- blamed-and-punished" pholisophy is the last way to improve flight safety issues anywhere in the world, that's why I said "be mature and reasonable", learn from it, don't just joke on it, IMHO. >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 ------------=_1048463351-14313-0--