Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/23
By: Wang Shu-fen and Christie Chen
Taipei, Dec. 23 (CNA) Over 1,000 passengers of Taiwanese airlines EVA Airways and China Airlines 
have been stranded in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo due to heavy snow, which has paralyzed the local airport and caused flights to be cancelled or delayed since Thursday.
More than 700 of the stranded passengers are scheduled to take EVA Airways flights to Taiwan from Sapporo, Hokkaido, according to the airline, which has arranged accommodation for them.
Its flight BR116, which left the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Friday afternoon bound for New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, also had to make a detour and land in Tokyo due to the heavy snow in the northern Japanese island, EVA Airways said
China Airlines said the snow has affected over five of its flights since Thursday and more than 300 of its passengers are now stranded at New Chitose Airport. [FULL STORY]
