Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-05
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Chiayi Airport was closed for about three hours Wednesday due to an incident
Archive footage of F-16 jets at Chiayi.
involving an F-16 fighter jet, the Air Force said.
Taiwan has 115 F-16 jets bought from the United States in order to bolster its defenses against China.
At 10:49 a.m. Wednesday, one of the jets returning from a routine training mission shook uncontrollably during landing and ended up on one side of the runway, reports said.
An investigation revealed light damage to the aircraft, with a loosening of the main left wheel in the landing gear being blamed, reports said. Nobody was injured during the incident, according to the Air Force.
Because the jet was left in its original position by the side of the runway, Chiayi Airport was closed down until after 2 p.m. [FULL STORY]
