Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/16
By: Cheng Chi-feng and Lee Hsin-Yin
Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) All 98 passengers aboard a China Airlines (CAL) flight from Manila
were reported safe Tuesday after the plane blew a tire during landing at Kaohsiung International Airport, forcing the airport to close until 5 p.m., CAL and transport officials said.
Flight CI712 took off from Manila at 10:01 a.m. and landed in Kaohsiung at 11:36 a.m., blowing out a tire as it set down on the ground, according to the airport.
All passengers got off the Boeing 737-800 safely at 12:20 p.m., CAL said, and aviation authorities are investigating the cause of the incident.
The airport was originally to be closed until 2 p.m., but that was later extended by three hours until 5 p.m. as airport authorities had trouble clearing the plane from the runway.
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